Obituary for Fuad Rifka: The Advocate of Lyrical Attentiveness - Qantara.de

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The renowned Lebanese poet Fuad Rifka died last Saturday at the age of 80. Alongside Adonis and Mahmud Darwish he was one of the great revivers of Arabic poetry, yet among those of his own generation he remained unique until the end. An obituary by Stefan…