Nazik Al-Malaika

Iraqi poet.

Born August 23rd, 1922 in Baghdad. [ref]

Died June 20th, 2007 at 84 years old in Cairo. [ref]

Occupations
literary critic, poet, university teacher, writer
Website
Wikipedia

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan