Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Lebanon
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Said Aql 🇱🇧

سعيد عقل (Known as "The Architect of Words")
Monumental Symbolist Poet, Dramatist, Cultural Philosopher
Born 4 July 1912 🇱🇧 Zahlé, Lebanon
Passed Away 28 November 2014 Beirut, Lebanon
Lifespan 102 years old
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"I write not for the fleeting moment, but to carve words into diamonds that will sparkle in the sunlight of eternity."

Archival Overview

Centenarian titan of Lebanese poetry whose sublime linguistic perfection and Phoenician cultural nationalism shaped modern Lebanese literature.

Biographical Record

Said Aql was born in Zahlé in the Bekaa Valley and emerged in the 1930s as the supreme symbolist poet of modern Lebanon. Deeply influenced by French Parnassianism and Stéphane Mallarmé, he crafted poems of astonishing architectural perfection, publishing masterpieces like the poetic drama The Daughter of Jephthah and the collection Rindala.

Aql formulated an uncompromising philosophy of Lebanese cultural nationalism, celebrating Lebanon's ancient Phoenician heritage as the cradle of global civilization. He composed some of Fairuz's most majestic anthems—including 'Zahrat al-Mada'in' (Flower of Cities) and 'Bhebbak Ya Libnan'—living to the age of 102 as an undisputed monument of Arab literature.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Zahlé Cemetery
Zahlé, Lebanon
GPS: 33.8400, 35.9000
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