Nadra Haddad
{{Short description|Syrian-American poet}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Nadra Haddad
| native_name = {{lang|ar|ندرة حداد}}
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = October 30, 1881
| birth_place = Homs, Ottoman Syria
| death_date = {{nowrap| {{death date and age|1950|05|27|1881|10|30}} }}
| death_place = New York City, United States
| occupation = Writer, journalist
| relatives = Abd al-Masih Haddad (brother)
Jerrier A. Haddad (nephew)
}}
Nadra Haddad ({{Langx|ar|ندرة حداد}}; 30 October 1881– 27 May 1950) was a Syrian poet, and a founding member of The Pen League, the first Arabic-language literary society in North America.{{Sfn|Bushrui |Jenkins | 2014|pages=178, 190}}{{Sfn|Qomeiha|2021||p=25}}
Early life
Nadra was born on 30 October 1881 in Homs in Ottoman Syria to Rashid Haddad, a Syrian intellectual. He received his primary education at the city’s Greek Orthodox community school, and worked as a bookkeeper, before emigrating on 26 December 1897 to the United States while 17.{{Sfn|Qomeiha|2021|p=25–26}}
Haddad settled in New York City, and worked in commerce, all the while writing poetry. He worked as chief editor of the Arabic language publication As-Sayeh ({{Langx|ar|السايح}}, "The Tourist"), that his brother Abdelmasih started. He later worked in banking.{{Sfn|Qomeiha|2021|p=26}}{{Sfn|Zarkali|2002|p=15}}
Works
Haddad is a founding member of The Pen League, the first Arabic-language literary society in North America.{{Sfn|Zeghidour|1982|p=142}} The league was formed initially by Nasib Arida and by Nadra’s brother Abd al-Masih in 1916, and subsequently re-formed in 1920 by a larger group of Mahjari writers in New York led by Gibran Khalil Gibran.{{Sfn|Qomeiha|2021|p=27}}{{Sfn|Al-Funun|2000}}{{Sfn|Katibah|Ziadeh|1946|p=13}}
Haddad’s best known work is Diwan Awraq Al-Khareef (The book of Autumn Leaves).{{Sfn|Haddad|1941}}
Death
Haddad died of a heart attack on 27 May 1950 during a wedding ceremony, after he had recited a poem congratulating the newlyweds.{{Sfn|Qomeiha|2021|p=28}}
Personal life
Nadra married Hadbo Haddad and fathered three children, Robert, William, and Josette.{{Sfn|Qomeiha|2021|p=26}}
Citations
References
- {{Cite web |last=Al-Funun |date=2000 |title=al-Rabitah al-Qalamiyah (1916, 1920–1931) |url=http://www.al-funun.org/penbond/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328063812/http://www.al-funun.org/penbond/index.html |archive-date=2022-03-28 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.al-funun.org}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Bushrui |first1=Suheil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oh29DwAAQBAJ&dq=nadra+haddad+homs&pg=PT155 |title=Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet |last2=Jenkins |first2=Joe |date=2014-10-01 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-78074-732-3 |language=en}}
- {{Cite book |last=Haddad |first=Nadra |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7873248 |title=ديوان أوراق الخريف |date=1941 |publisher=Tobia Press |location=New York |language=Arabic |trans-title=The book of Autumn Leaves |oclc=7873248}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Katibah |first1=H. I |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2794438 |title=Arabic-speaking Americans |last2=Ziadeh |first2=Farhat Jacob |date=1946 |publisher=The Institute of Arab American Affairs |location=New York, N.Y. |language=English |oclc=2794438}}
- {{Cite book |last=Qomeiha |first=Hassan Ahmad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1YsEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%22&pg=PT26 |title=ديوانُ الشَّاعِرِ المَهْجريّ نَدْرة حَدّاد |date=2021-05-02 |publisher= |language=ar |trans-title=The works of Mahjari poet Nadra Haddad}}
- {{Cite book |last=Zarkali |first=Khay red-Din |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxvPXBZQGaMC&dq=%22%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%22&pg=PT14 |title=الأعلام |publisher=Dar al`ilm lil Malayin |year=2002 |volume=ج 8 : نافع بن ظريب - يوهنس |location=Beirut |language=ar}}
- {{Cite book |last=Zeghidour |first=Slimane |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/924571139 |title=La poesie arabe moderne entre l'Islam et l'Occident |date=1982 |publisher=Karthala |isbn=978-2-86537-047-4 |location=Paris |language=French |oclc=924571139}}
Category:20th-century Syrian poets