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
www.nazek.net/
Wikipedia
Nazik_Al-Malaika

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel