Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Adunis
Born: January 1, 1930 (age 95)
Bio: Ali Ahmad Said Asbar, also known by the pseudonym Adonis or Adunis, is a Syrian poet and essayist who has made his career largely in Lebanon and France. He has written more than twenty books in his native Arabic.
Known for:
- An Introduction to Arab Poetics (1985)
- Sufism and Surrealism (2005)
- A Time Between Ashes And Roses (2004)
- The pages of day and night (1982)
- Mihyar of Damascus, his songs (2007)