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Ghassan Zaqtan

Biography

Ghassan Zaqtan was born in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem in 1954. His father was a poet. After graduating from teachers’ training college, he taught physical education. He was appointed director general of Literature and Publishing Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Culture. He has been an editor for Al-Shoua’ra poetry magazine and writes a column in the Al-Ayyam newspaper.

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Selection of his poems
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Interview

Bibliography

(Only books translated into English)

1995 وصف الماضيالمرآة (Describing the Past) (novel)
2008
كطير من القش يتبعني : شعر (Like A Straw Bird It Follows Me And Other Poems)
2011 النقل القديم مع الستائر، (An Old Carriage with Curtains)
2015 حيث اختفى الطائر : رواية (Where the Bird Disappeared) (novel)
2017 The Silence That Remains : Selected Poems, 1982-2003
2024 Strangers in Light Coats Selected Poems, 2014–2020