- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 13, 1941
- Died
- Aug 9, 2008 (aged 67)
- Place of birth
- Al-Birwa, Mandatory Palestine
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.
