Books written by Adūnīs

  • Adonis: Selected Poems

    "Frontispiece: Poem and calligraphy by Adonis, XXXX. Translated by Bassam Frangieh" --T.p. verso.

  • Adonis: Selected Poems

    "Frontispiece: Poem and calligraphy by Adonis, XXXX. Translated by Bassam Frangieh" --T.p. verso.

  • The Blood of Adonis: Transpositions of Selected Poems of Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said)

    The Blood of Adonis: Transpositions of Selected Poems of Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said)

  • If Only the Sea Could Sleep: Love Poems

    One of the greatest poets of Arab literature, Adonis's work often centers on the process of poetic creation, but his work has somehow remained highly appealing to Arab readers, and...

  • Concerto Al-Quds

    A cri de coeur or fully imagined poem on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet At the age of eighty-six, Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a ...

  • The Pages of Day and Night

    Calling poetry a "question that begets another question," Adonis sets into motion this stream of unending inquiry with difficult questions about exile, identity, language, politics, and religion.