Said Akl Lebanese Artist
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Details
| First Name |
Said
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| Last Name |
Akl
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| Birthday |
4th July, 1912
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| Birthplace |
Zahlé, Lebanon
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| Died |
28th November, 2014
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| Place of Death |
Beirut, Lebanon
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
Lebanese
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| Occupation Text |
Poet, writer, playwright, linguist and ideologue
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| Occupation |
Artist
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Said Akl (Arabic: سعيد عقل, saʿīd ʿaql, also transliterated Saïd Akl, Said Aql and Saeed Akl; 4 July 1911 – 28 November 2014) was a Lebanese poet, philosopher, writer, playwright and language reformer. He was considered one of the most important modern Lebanese poets. He is most famous for his advocacy on behalf of codifying the spoken Lebanese language, as a competency distinct from Standard Arabic, to be written in a modern modified Roman script consisting of 36 symbols that he deemed an evolution of the Phoenician Alphabet. Although he was a gifted Arabist, producing some of the masterpieces of modern Arabic belle lettres in Standard Classical Arabic.
