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Badr Shakir al-Sayyab

Iraqi poet (1926-1964).

Born December 24th, 1926 in Basra. [ref]

Died December 24th, 1964 at 38 years old in Syria. [ref]

Occupations
poet, writer

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore