- Wadih Saadeh
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name = Wadih Saadeh
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birth_date = birth date and age|1948|7|6
birth_place = Chabtine (Shabtine), Lebanon
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occupation = Journalist and poet
spouse = Aurore Stephan
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children = Rayan, Rouad, RanaWadih Sa'adeh (ArB|وديع سعادة) (born
1948 ) is a Lebanese-Australia npoet andjournalist .Wadih Sa'adah was born in Lebanon in 1948. He has worked as a journalist in
Beirut ,London ,Paris andNicosia , before migrating to Australia in 1988.cite web
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first = Clarissa C.
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title = Wadih Sa'adah's World of Loss
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year =2003
url = http://www.geocities.com/wadih2/English3.html
accessdate = 2008-05-30 ] He then began working as a managing editor in "Annahar" a Lebanese newspaper published inSydney .Fact|date=March 2007He has published 10 poetry books in Arabic, some being translated into English, German, French, Spanish and other languages.
He has participated in many poetry festivals, in Australia and internationally (Kholn,Berlin,Lodeve...).Fact|date=March 2007
Wadih Sa'adeh is considered by critics to have a distinctive voice in modern Arabic poetry.
The Palestinian poet Mahmood Darwish recently wrote "Wadih Sa'adeh's book "Most Likely Due to a Cloud" (Arabic: بسبب غيمة على الأرجح) is one of the most important collections of poetry I have read in recent years".
References
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/wadih2/ Wadih Sa'adeh's Poetry Site]
* [http://wadihsaadeh.webng.com/ Wadih Sa'adeh's other Poetry Site with readings of his poetry]
* [http://www.poesiaarabe.com/wadih_poemas.htm Translated poems into Spanish] (translation)
* [http://www.pherolibrary.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-6871.html Translated poem into German] (translation)
* [http://www.jehat.com/Jehaat/Fr/Poets/WadihSaadeh.htm#/ 31 poems translated into French] (translation)Persondata
NAME=Saadeh, Wadih
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lebanese-Australia n poet and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH=1948
PLACE OF BIRTH=Chabtine ,Lebanon
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