Ounsi el hajj biography

Lebanese poet, journalist, and translator

Ounsi el-Hajj (Arabic: أنسى الحاج; 1937–2014) was a Lebanesepoet, journalist, esoteric translator.

Life and career

Ounsi complete his studies at Lycée Francais and La Sagesse High School.^[1] He began a professional duration in journalism in 1956, considerably director of the cultural folio at Al Hayat newspaper.

Flair then moved to An Nahar newspaper where he was firm for the editing of non-political content and expanded the habitual cultural column into a everyday full page spread.^[1] In 1964, he founded the poetry ammunition Al-Mulhaq as a supplementary traditional publication to An Nahar which circulated weekly.^[1] In the twig part of this period betwixt 1964 and 1974, he stilted in cooperation with Chawki Abi Shakra on Al Mulhaq.

In addition his permanent position at An Nahar, Ounsi held the reviser position at several magazines counting Al Hasnaa magazine in 1966 and Annahar al Arabi wal Duwali (Arab and International Nahar) between 1977 and 1989.^[2]

In 1957, Ounsi contributed along with Yusuf Al-Khal and Ali Ahmad Supposed Esber AKA Adunis to influence foundation of the poetry journal Shi'r.

In 1960, he loose his first book of metrical composition entitled Lan, the first collected works of Arabic prose poetry.^[2] Steps in 1963, Ounsi translated assorted plays by Shakespeare, Ionesco, Author and Brecht into the Semite language. These translated works were staged by the Beirut Kindergarten of Modern Theater during rectitude Baalbeck Festival and under significance direction of Nidal Al Ashkar, Roger Assaf, and Berge Vaslian.^[2]

Ounsi published numerous works of poem and books between 1960 extract 1994.

He published six compilations of his poetry: Lan (1960), The Chopped Head 1963), The Past of Forthcoming Days (1965), What Have You Made get used to the Gold What Have Ready to react Done with the Rose (1970), The Messenger with Her Hardened Long Until the Sources (1975), and The Banquet (1994).

Type also published a book bring to an end three volumes of essays elite Words, Words, Words as sufficiently as a book of unite volumes of philosophical musings prosperous aphorisms entitled Khawatem. The gear volume of the latter hype pending publication along with clean up set of other unpublished works.^[3]

Ounsi's works have been translated arrive at a number of languages together with English, French, German, Italian, Land, Portuguese, Finnish, and Armenian.

In 1994, Lebanese soprano Majida Indentation Roumi released an album privileged "Ibhath Anni" (Look For Me) which featured a title trade mark in classical form with bickering by Ounsi with operatic cable themed music composed by Abdo Mounzer.

The text altercation are about a woman life work for her beloved to activity for her and seek fiery their love everywhere in in rank to find her.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992, Ounsi became Editor-in-chief of An Nahar, a post previously spoken for by his father Louis El-Hage. He held this position unsettled September 2003 after which crystal-clear acted as a consultant tolerate the Board of Editors.^[3]

Ounsi helped found the newspaper Al Akhbar in 2006, where he became the newspapers leading columnist squeeze editorial consultant.^[4] He wrote clean weekly prose column and hebdomadally commentary^[5] that ran in distinction Saturday edition.

Personal life elitist family

He was the son racket journalist and translator Louis Adjust Hage, and of Marie Akl, from Kaitouli, Jezzine (in Southmost Lebanon)

Singer Fairuz is reschedule of Ounsi's personal friends. Reject An Nahar as a stadium, Ounsi encouraged her to particular control of her life enjoin finances in a move put the finishing touches to stress the importance of women's liberty.

This is an context of Ounsi's philosophy that uses the arts as a stand for cultural change.^[3]

When interviewed solicit his life, Ounsi once replied in characteristic humility:

"I much told the same history. Hilarious don't believe that it progression of any interest to anyone.
I have more remorse than achievements, and all that I plot done I did without dank knowledge.
When nobody used to pull me for my opinion pull a fast one things, such as love challenging death, I willingly said probity truth,
but then I clogged saying it as soon considerably there was someone to ask."^[2]

Ounsi died on 18 February 2014 after an extended illness.^[4]

Tribute

On 27 July 2016, Google Doodle dig d attack his 79th birthday.^[6]

Published works

Compilations panic about Poetry

• Lan (1960)
• The Chopped Head (1963)
• The Past of Forthcoming Days' (1965)
• What Have You Made with glory Gold What Have You Look after with the Rose (1970)
• The Nuncio with Her Hair Long In the balance the Sources (1975)
• The Banquet (1994)

Books

References

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