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Golan Haji
Golan Haji (; born 10. November 1977) is a Syrian Kurds in Syria, Kurdish writer, poet, and translator. He has published five poetry collections in Arabic, including ''He Called Out Within The Darknesses'', which won the first prize in the Muhammad al-Maghut, Muhammad Al-Maghout Poetry Competition in 2006. He has translated several books from English into Arabic such as ''Palm-of-the-Hand Stories'' by Yasunari Kawabata and ''Dark Harbor'' by Mark Strand. Some of his works are part of Syrian literature#Literature in the context of war and imprisonment, Syrian literature in the context of war. Life and career Golan Haji was born in Amouda, a Kurdish town in the north of Syria in 1977. He studied at the Damascus University, University of Damascus and earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and a postgraduate degree in pathology. Haji started his literary career when he published his first collection of poetry ''He Called Out Within The Darknesses'' in 2004 that was awarded the Muh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amouda
The castle of Amouda Crusader castle, formerly in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye. The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (Barber 2008) and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266. Architecture In 1987 an archaeological and historical assessment of the site, as well as a surveyed plan, were published. From atop the outcrop this castle has clear inter-visibility with at least five others forts. Based on an analysis of the masonry, there were at least three major periods of construction and/or repair, with the most prominent contribution from the Crusader occupation. Unlike Armenian designs, it has a simple rectangular plan dominated at the southwest by a four-story k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', '' Kidnapped'' and ''A Child's Garden of Verses''. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in ''Treasure Island''. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned away from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1894 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
