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Todays most daring and provocative Arab poet. Edward Said The Arab world's greatest living poet. New York Times Faith is like love, Adonis tells us; it falls within personal experience. Violence and Islam explores a multiplicity of modern interpretations that give rise to forms of faith and forms of barbarity. Adonis, in his powerful secular voice, here again proves why he is one of the most important literary figures of our times.' V.S. Naipaul

?Today's most daring and provocative Arab poet.?<b> Edward Said</b> ?The Arab world's greatest living poet.?<b> New York Times</b> ?Faith is like love, Adonis tells us; it falls within personal experience. Violence and Islam explores a multiplicity of modern interpretations that give rise to forms of faith and forms of barbarity. Adonis, in his powerful secular voice, here again proves why he is one of the most important literary figures of our times.'<b> V.S. Naipaul

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Adonis was born in 1930 in Qassabine, Syria and has been writing poetry for seventy years. His work has been recognised with numerous international accolades, including the Goethe Prize in 2011.

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