ديوان الشعر العربي

Ali Ahmad Saeed Esber, better known by his pen name Adonis, is a Syrian poet born in 1930 in the village of Qasabin, in the city of Jableh in Syria. He adopted the name Adonis (after the Phoenician legend of Adonis), with which he deviated from the traditions of Arabic naming since 1948. He is married to the writer Khaleda Said, and they have two daughters: Arwad and Ninar. Among his poems: First Poems, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. Papers in the Wind, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. Songs of Mihyar Al-Dimashqi, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. The Book of Transformations and Migration in the Regions of Day and Night, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. Theater and Mirrors, Dar al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. A time between ashes and roses, Dar al-Adab, Beirut, 1980. This is my name, Dar al-Adab, Beirut, 1980. Manarat, Dar al-Mada, Damascus 1976. Singular in the plural, Dar al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. The Book of Five Poems, Dar al-Awda, Beirut, 1979. The Book of Siege, Dar al-Adab, Beirut, 1985. Desire Advances in the Maps of Matter, Dar Toubkal Publishing, Casablanca, 1988. Celebrating the Obscure and Clear Things, Dar al-Adab, Beirut, 1988. A Second Alphabet, Dar Toubkal Publishing, Casablanca, 1994. Vocabulary of Poetry, Dar Al-Mada, Damascus 1996. Book I, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 1995. Book II, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 1998. Book III, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 2002 Catalog of the works of the wind, Dar Al-Nahar, Beirut. The beginning of the body is the end of the sea, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 2003. Foretell, O blind man, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 2003. A history torn in a woman's body, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 2007. A paper that sells star books, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut, 2008. Poetic works Al-Kamela, Dar Al-Mada, Damascus, 1996.