Nizar Qabbani belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Nizar Qabbani as Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923-1998).
Nizar Qabbani was born at Damascus in 1923. His recorded nationality is Syrian Arab Republic. He was educated at Faculty of Law Damascus University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
He is described as poet, diplomat and writer.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
That the career was made in Syrian Arab Republic is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Nizar Qabbani died in 1998, aged 75. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Educated at Faculty of Law Damascus University
