Ibrahim Nagi

Ibrahim Nagi (Arabic: إبراهیم ناجي) (December 31, 1898 – March 27, 1953) was an Egyptian polymath; a poet, author, translator, and practicing medical doctor. He was among the contributors of Al Siyasa, newspaper of the Liberal Constitutional Party.^[1]

Ibrahim Nagi
Ibrahim Nagi
Born	(1898-12-31)December 31, 1898 Cairo, Egypt
Died	March 27, 1953(1953-03-27) (aged 54) Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Poet, Medical Doctor
Language	Arabic
Nationality	Egyptian
Literary movement	Neo-romanticism, "Apollo Society"

Early life

Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is Al-Atlal or The Ruins which was eventually sung by Egyptian singer Om Kalthoom. He was a co-founder of the Cairo "Apollo Society" for Romantic Poetry. He married Samia Sami and had three daughters: Amira (who had a daughter, Samia Mehrez, and a son, Mohammed), Dawheya (who went to live in America and had a son- Ahmad, and a daughter- Shahira), and Mohassen.

Bibliography

• Behind the Fog, 1934.
• In the Temple of the Night, 1948.
• Cairene Nights, 1951.
• The Bird Wounded, 1953.

The legacy of Ibrahim Nagi in the literary studies

The poetry of Ibrahim Nagi is an object of studies of several literary critics. Nagi's legacy was noted by Abdul Rahman Ghazi al Gosaibi, Hasan Tawfiq and Saleh Jawdat.