Mamdouh Adwan

Mamdouh Adwan (Arabic: ممدوح عدوان‎‎, 23 November 1941 – 19 December 2004) was a prolific Syrian writer, poet, playwright and critic. He published his first collection of poetry, al-Dhul al-Akhdhar [The Green Shadow] in 1967 and since then has published 18 further collections. He has also published two novels, twenty-five plays, translated twenty-three books from English including the Iliad, the Odyssey and a biography of George Orwell and Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis, and wrote a number of television series. He wrote regularly on Arab current affairs, and also taught at the Advanced Institute for Theater in Damascus.

Mamdouh Adwan was born in the village of Qayrun near Masyaf, Hama. He was the first child of Sabri Adwan. He lived and studied in Masyaf then he moved to Damascus to study English literature at Damascus University. He was married and has two sons.