Edmon Shehadeh | |
Native Name: | إدمون شحادة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Birth Date: | 3 February 1933 |
Birth Place: | Haifa |
Death Place: | Nazareth |
Occupation: | Poet and literary |
Nationality: | Palestinian |
Edmon Shehadeh (Arabic: إدمون شحادة) was a Palestinian poet and literary.[1]
Shehadeh was born in Haifa on 3 February 1933. He was the fifth child among 3 brothers and 6 sisters.[2] In 1936 he moved with his family to Nazareth where he completed his life.
He awarded the first prize for theater production in Haifa on 1977, Arabic literature full-time award on 1989 and Shield House of Arab culture for national poets on 1992.[3]
Shehadeh died on 17 December 2017 at the age of 84.[3]