Abdul Aziz Al-Maqaleh ( Arabic:; 1937 – 28 November 2022) was a Yemeni poet and writer. He followed the school of free poetry and he was the Yemen's first poet to win the Al-Owais cultural Award.

Life and career

Al-Maqaleh was born in 1937 in the village of Maqaleh in the governorate of Ibb and studied and finished his BA in 1970. In 1977, he received his master's degree and PhD from

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in Cairo, Egypt. From 1982 to 2001, Al-Maqaleh worked as the President of

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, and then as the Head of the Center for Studies and Research Yemen, Sanaa. Al-Maqaleh died in Sana'a on 28 November 2022, at the age of 85.

Works

Selected Poetry

* There Must be Sanaa, 1971 * Marib Speaks (in conjunction with Ambassador Abdu Othman), 1972 * A Letter to Saif bin Dhi Yazan, 1973 * Yemeni Footnotes On the Alienation of Ibn Zreik al-Baghdadi,1974 * The Return of Waddah Yemen,1976 * Writing with the Rebellious Sword of Ali bin al-Fadl, 1978 * Exiting from the Sulaymaniyah Circles of Time, 1981 * Papers of a Body Returning from Death, 1986 * Alphabet of the Soul, 1998 * A Book of Sanaa, 1999 * A Book of the Village * A Book of the Village, 2002 * A Book of Bilqis and Poems to the Waters of Grief, 2004 * A Book of Cities Literary and Intellectual Studies (translated), 2005

Selected literature studies and critics

* A Reading in Contemporary Yemeni Literature, 1977 * Colloquial Poetry in Yemen, 1978 * Poets from Yemen * Yemeni Diaries in Literature and Art * Al-Zubairy: The Inner National and Cultural Voice of Yemen, 1980 * Inscriptions of Marib, * Substantive and Technical Dimensions of Contemporary Poetry Movement in Yemen * Voices from the New Era * A Reading Zaidi and Nonconformists Thought * The Crisis of the Arabic Poem * Priorities of literary criticism in Yemen * Theatre Beginnings in Yemen

Awards

* Lotus Award, 1986 *Order of Arts and Letters,

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, 1980 *Order of Arts and Letters, Sanaa, 1982 * Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture, in collaboration with UNESCO, Paris, 2002 * Knight Award of the first degree in literature and arts from the French Government, 2003 *

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, Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science, 2004

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