1911 - 1979
Ahmad Qandil
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Details
| Birthday |
30th November, 1910
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| Birthplace |
Jeddah, Hejaz vilayet, Ottoman Empire
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| Died |
7th July, 1979
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| Place of Death |
Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia
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| Occupation Text |
poet, journalist, teacher, official
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Folk poetry, Narrative poetry
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| Year(s) Active |
1939-1979
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Ahmad Qandil (Arabic: أحمد قنديل, Aḥmad Qandīl; c. 1911 – 7 July 1979) was a Saudi Arabian poet and writer, emerged as a folk-popular poet who centralized Middle class culture in his Hejazi Arabic poetry and prose. Born in Jeddah, he studied and then taught at Al-Falah School, worked around one year as editor-in-chief of Sawt Al-Hijaz newspaper in Mecca, hold some positions in Ministry of Finance such as general manager of Hajj. After retirement from government occupations, he devoted himself to literary writing and media production in an institution he established, through which he cooperated with radio and television of Jeddah. He died at the age of 68 while recording the last episode of his program on Jeddah TV "Ramadan Lanterns", and left many collections of poetry some of which were published after his death.
