Mahmoud Darwish, The award-winning Palestinian poet, has died aged 67, after heart surgery in a Texas hospital.
Mahmoud Darwish (13 March 1942 – 9 August 2008) was a respected Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet.[1] In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.[2] The poet Naomi Shihab Nye has commented about Darwish’s work,
“Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging….”[3]
