Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)

Author of Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems

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About the Author

Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish was born on March 15, 1941. He was considered the Palestinian national poet and won numerous awards for his work including the 1969 Lotus Prize, the 1983 Lenin Peace Prize, and the 2001 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultral Freedom. His best known work was Identity Card show more (1964). He also edited the journal Al Karmel and wrote the Palestinian declaration of independent statehood. He died from complications of heart surgery on August 9, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: M Darwish, Maud Darwh, Mad Darwish, Mahmud Darwix, Marmud Darwish, Mahmud Darwish, Mahmud Derviş, Mahmud Darwich, Mahmud Darwish, Mahmoud Darwich, Mahmoed Darwish, Mahmoud Darwich, Mauhoud Darwish, Mahmoud Darwish, Mahmound Darwish, Machmud Darwisch, Mahmoed Darwiesj, Mahmoud Darweesh, Maḥmoud Darwich, Maḥmūd Darwīsh, Maḥmoud. Darwīsh, محمود درويش, محمود درويش, محمود درويش, Darwish et all Mahmoud, Maḥmūd Darwīš, Махмуд Дарвиш, Mahmˆud Darwˆish, Jeffrey(Translato Mahmoud(Author) ; Sacks Darwish, محمود درويش, درويش، محمود.,

Also includes: Darwich (1)

Image credit: Mahmoud Darwish at University of Bethlehem (2006)

Works by Mahmoud Darwish

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Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems (2003) 179 copies, 1 review

In the Presence of Absence (2010) 142 copies, 3 reviews

Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (1987) 136 copies, 1 review

The Butterfly's Burden (2007) 132 copies

A river dies of thirst : (diaries); Athar al-Farâsha (Arabic title) (2009) 106 copies, 1 review

Journal of an Ordinary Grief (1973) — Author — 102 copies, 2 reviews

Why did you leave the horse alone? Limadha tarakta al-hisan wahidan (Arabic) (1995) 85 copies

Mural (2003) 72 copies, 2 reviews

If I Were Another: Poems (2009) 67 copies

Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry (1995) 55 copies, 2 reviews

Almond Blossoms and Beyond (2005) 43 copies, 1 review

The Adam of Two Edens (2000) 29 copies

Staat van beleg (2004) 24 copies, 1 review

Palestine as Metaphor (2019) 22 copies

I Don't Want This Poem to End: Poems and Writings by and about Mahmoud Darwish (2017) 19 copies

The Music of Human Flesh: Poems of the Palestinian Struggle (1980) 17 copies

La Terre nous est étroite et autres poèmes (2000) 16 copies, 1 review

Jidariyat Mahmud Darwish: Qasidah kutibat am 1999 (Arabic Edition) (2000) 15 copies, 4 reviews

The Jungle Paintings: Henri Rousseau (2004) 14 copies

أثر الفراشة :&#٬٢٠٠ن؛ يوميات /&#٬٢٠٠ن؛ (2008) 13 copies, 1 review

The Stranger's Bed (1999) 11 copies

Halat hisar (Arabic Edition) (2002) 10 copies, 1 review

ا أريد لهذه القصيدة أن تنتهي La Uraidu Lihazehi al-Qaseedah An Tantahi / I Don't Want this… (2014) 10 copies, 1 review

Anthologie poétique (1992-2005) : Edition bilingue (2009) 9 copies, 1 review

الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة 7 copies

Au Dernier Soir Sur Cette Terre (1994) 6 copies

Ne t'excuse pas (2006) 6 copies

Una trilogia palestinese (Le comete) (Italian Edition) (2017) 6 copies

Li-madha tarakta al-hisan wahidan (Arabic Edition) (1995) 6 copies

Sand and Other Poems (1986) 6 copies

Oltre l'ultimo cielo La Palestina come metafora (2002) 5 copies

El lecho de una extraña edición bilingüe (2005) 5 copies

Das große Herder Bilderlexikon: Die ganze Welt in Bildern (2004) 5 copies

Now, As You Awaken (2007) 5 copies

لا تعتذر عما فعلت 4 copies, 1 review

Psalms: Poems (Three Continents Press) (1994) 4 copies

Land der ersten Sonne: Mhanadistan, Aranien, Gorien, der Balash und Thalusien (2005) 4 copies

Menos rosas (2001) 4 copies

al-A'mal al-jadidah (2009) 4 copies

Rien qu'une autre annee: Anthologie poetique, 1966-1982 (Collection UNESCO d'oeuvres representatives. Serie Auteurs… (1983) 3 copies

Yalnizlik Yenilemeden Kendini (2009) 3 copies

Memoria Para o Esquecimento (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 3 copies

أحد عشر كوكباً Ahada Ashara Kawkaban / Eleven Planets (2014) 3 copies, 1 review

Il giocatore d'azzardo (2015) 3 copies

Une nation en exil : hymnes gravés : suivi de la Qasida de Beyrouth (2009) 3 copies

¿Por qué has dejado solo al caballo?; Estado de sitio (2023) 3 copies

Mural samt Kurden har ingenting utom vinden (2006) 3 copies

The Raven's Ink: A Chapbook (2001) 3 copies

From Beirut (1993) 3 copies

Waarom heb je het paard alleen gelaten 3 copies

I come from there...and remember 2 copies

Det er en sang, det er en sang (2009) 2 copies

الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة 2 copies

Meil on sõnadest maa : valitud luuletusi aastatest 1984-2008 (2011) 2 copies

Le Lanceur de dés : Et autres poèmes (2010) 2 copies, 1 review

Ein Gedächtnis für das Vergessen (2001) 2 copies

La Trace du papillon (French Edition) (2009) 2 copies

Psalms : poems (1994) 2 copies

O Jardim Adormecido 2 copies

حصار لمدائح البحر 2 copies

Der Würfelspieler (2009) 2 copies

Badem Çiçeği Gibi Yahut Daha Ötesi (2020) 2 copies

Mukhtārāt lī lughah baʻdī (2009) 2 copies

Palestine, mon pays (1988) 2 copies

Selected Poems (1973) 2 copies

Das Schwarze Auge. Die dunkle Halle. (2004) 2 copies

Das neue Computer-Lexikon: Alle wichtigen Fachbegriffe verständlich erklärt (2004) 2 copies

Das Zahlenbuch 2. Schülerbuch. Neubearbeitung 2004. Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen,… (2004) 2 copies

Das große Spiel- und Spaßbuch Englisch (2004) 1 copy

Desde Palestina (1989) 1 copy

Eleven Planets 1 copy

روائع الأعمال الشعرية: محمود درويش 1 copy

I See What I Want 1 copy

الأعمال الكاملة: محمود درويش 1 copy

We Travel Like All People 1 copy

ديوان محمود درويش 1 copy

مديح الظل العالي 1 copy

عاشق من فلسطين 1 copy

Das Helle und das Dunkle. (2004) 1 copy

L'exil recommencé (2013) 1 copy

حيرة العائد 1 copy

أوراق الزيتون 1 copy

الأعمال الكاملة للشاعر: محمود درويش 1 copy

أحبك أو لا أحبك 1 copy

الأعمال النثرية الكاملة محمود درويش 3 مجلد (2019) 1 copy

حبيبتي تنهض من نومها 1 copy

على هذه الأرض ما يستحق الحياة 1 copy

أثر الفراشة: يوميات 1 copy

Wo du warst und wo du bist (2004) 1 copy

Ati Neden Yalniz Biraktin (2017) 1 copy

Das große Buch der Bibelspiele 1. (2004) 1 copy

Biz Kaybettik Ask da Kazanmadi (2015) 1 copy

Das Family-Kochbuch. Die Leserrezepte. (2004) 1 copy

New American Writing 23 (2005) 1 copy

Une mémoire pour l’oubli], suivi de Discours de l’Indien rouge 1 copy, 1 review

Poemas 1 copy

Enamorado de Palestina. 1 copy

Entre Rita y mis ojos, un fusíl / Between Rita and My Eyes, a Rifle (Spanish Edition) (2025) 1 copy

Das ist meine Welt. (2004) 1 copy

عابرون في كلام عابر Aberon fe Kalam Aber (2016) 1 copy

المختار من شعر محمود درويش 1 copy

مديح الظل العالي 1 copy

ورد أقل (2013) 1 copy

Das Weltall. (2004) 1 copy

‏هكذا تكلم محمود درويش :&#٬٢٠٠ن؛ ‏دراسات في ذكرى رحيله… (2009) 1 copy

Poesía escogida (1966-2005) (2008) 1 copy

NERO 1 copy

I Wish I Were A Stone 1 copy

Одбрани песни (Златен венец на СВП) 1 copy

Terre Nous Est Etroite Et 1 copy

Musical Clause (in GRAND STREET 70 - STEIN) 1 copy

Estado de sitio (2002) 1 copy

Plus rares sont les roses (1989) 1 copy

Das Ox-Kochbuch Bd.3 - Kochen ohne Knochen - die feine fleischfreie Punkrock-Küche 1 copy

أرى ما أريد 1 copy

Främlingens säng (2006) 1 copy

محاولة رقم 7 1 copy

الحلم الجميل 1 copy

Stranger in a Distant City 1 copy

Exile 1 copy

"poèmes palestiniens ; chronique de la tristesse ordinaire" (2009) 1 copy

Perché hai lasciato il cavallo alla sua solitudine? 1 copy

Das Zahlenbuch 1. Arbeitsheft. Neubearbeitung 2004. Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen,… (2004) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness (1993) — Contributor — 343 copies, 2 reviews

The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 318 copies

Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East (Words Without Borders) (2010) — Contributor — 199 copies, 2 reviews

Granta 107: Summer Reading (2009) — Contributor — 99 copies

One World of Literature (1992) — Contributor — 24 copies

Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contributor — 14 copies

Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (2018) — Contributor — 10 copies

Manpareka Kehi Kavita (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

Hambone, No. 3 — Contributor — 1 copy

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