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Biography of Abu Nuwas
Name: Abu Nuwas
Birth Date: c. 756
Death Date: 813
Place of Birth: Ahwaz, Persia
Nationality: Persian
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet
Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas (ca. 756-813) was the most famous Arab poet of the Abbasid era. His style was extravagant, and his compositions reflected well the licentious manners of the upper classes of his day.Abu Nuwas was born in Ahwaz on the Karun River in western Persia. His father was Arab and his mother was Persian. At a young age he was sold into slavery because of family poverty; a wealthy benefactor later set him free. By the time Abu Nuwas reached manhood, he had settled in Baghdad and was writing poetry. It was at this time that because of his long hair he acquired the name Abu Nuwas (Father of Ringlets).Gradually he attracted the attention of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and was given quarters with the other poets at court. His ability as a poet no doubt was one reason for Abu Nuwas's success with the Caliph, but after a …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…one must recognize that the majority of Arab poets--far more than Western poets--are more interested in clever formulations of their poems than in the actual content of their ideas. Thus exaggeration is to be expected. Further Reading The vast body of Abu Nuwas's work remains untranslated from Arabic. In English the only major work about Abu Nuwas, which also contains many of his poems, is W.H. Ingrams, Abu Nuwas in Life and Legend (1933). Ingrams divided his biographical discussion into three parts: the actual, the apocryphal, and the mythical. Two other most reliable works are Reynold A. Nicholson, A Literary History of the Arabs (1907; 2d ed. 1930), and Philip K. Hitti, The History of the Arabs (1937; 8th rev. ed. 1963). In both these works Abu Nuwas is seen in relation to his contemporaries. See also James Kritzeck, ed., Anthology of Islamic Literature from the Rise of Islam to Modern Times (1966).
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