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Nov 27, 2009
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Abdel Wahab al-Bayati

Age: 73

exiled Iraqi poet who helped initiate the modernist movement in Arab poetry. He was known for his innovative free-verse poetry as well as his leftist political involvement.

Died: Damascus, Syria, August 3, 1999

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