Joseph Harb (1940 – 9 February 2014) was a Lebanese poet and writer.

Early years

Born into the family of a police officer, he moved quite often from Alnakoora to Soor to Tarazieh in Qadaa Jebayel where he, with his sister Josephine, went to Dar Elrahbat 'Nuns School' for five years. There he was the only boy in his class. He used to read the scriptures and that exposed him to the

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Poetry

Harb wrote and published his first poetry book/Diwan when he was 17 years old. As was his friend Ziad Rahbani Harb was a

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. They both worked on a number of songs which Fairuz has performed. Harb also wrote poems which the late

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composed and Fairuz also sang. There are other songs which he wrote and late Riad Al Sunbati composed but haven't been disclosed yet. Harb also wrote for a number of television series. He was the general manager of the Lebanese Writers Organization/Union since December 1997. His poems can be found in the numerous poetry books he wrote or in Fairuz' songs like "Belayl we Chiti", "Chante Philemon Wehbe" and other albums.

Awards & honors

* ''The Lebanese Literature Award''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harb, Joseph Lebanese male poets 2014 deaths 20th-century Lebanese poets 20th-century male writers 1940 births