Mahmud Bakhith Al Rabii | |
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Born | Juhaynah | January 15, 1932
Nationality | Egyptian |
Education | Cairo University and University of London |
Occupation(s) | Literary critic and academic |
Organization(s) | Egyptian Writers Union, Supreme Council of Culture, Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo |
Mahmoud Bakhith Al Rabii (Arabic: محمود بَخيت الرَّبيعي) is an Egyptian literary critic and academic. He was born on January 15, 1932, in the town of Sohag Governorate, Egypt. He was composing poetry in his youth until 1960, but he then turned to literary criticism. He graduated from Dar al-Ulum university 1958, and obtained his PhD from the University of London in 1965. He taught at the universities of Cairo, Algeria, Kuwait, and the American University in Cairo. He was elected as a member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo in 2008. He has written publications in criticism, studies, and translations, and he also has a trilogy of biography.[1]