HIWAR
Subtitle: Fateh - Adonis, Sense and Intuition
By: publication curated by Mouna and Shireen Atassi; editor Anna Wallace-Thompon [sic!]
Contributors: Adūnīs, 1930-; Baalbaki, Rula, translator; Wallace-Thompson, Anna, editor; Atassi Gallery (Damascus)
Publisher: The Atassi Foundation; Kaph Books
Published: 2022
Place of publication: [Dubai, UAE]; [Beirut]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9786148035395
Subjects: Middle Eastern Art; Middle Eastern poetry; Civilization; Philosophy; Intellectual life; Painters; Interviews
Other titles: Fateh - Adonis, Sense and Intuition
Notes: "An extraordinary dialogue between two titans of Arabic culture. In 1998 the Syrian curator, gallerist and publisher Mouna Atassi brought together the acclaimed Syrian artist Fateh Moudaress (1922-99) and the great Arab poet Adonis (born 1930) for a public conversation that took place across four days at Atassi's gallery in Damascus. Moudaaress was famous for boldly hued paintings that merge Islamic, Sumerian, Assyrian and Christian visual traditions in a uniquely modern synthesis. Similarly, Adonis--one of the most influential figures in modern Arabic poetry--has rebelled against the tropes of traditional Arabic poetry to experiment with free verse, variable meter and prose poetry; he is responsible for a colossal poetic revolution in Arabic literature. This is extraordinary encounter between two giant figures in Arabic culture is translated from Arabic to English for the first time in this volume, which also reproduces 30 previously unseen paintings and drawings by Moudaress'--Provided by Publisher

Translated from Arabic by Rula Baalbaki