Sanīyah Ṣāliḥ

Several of her poems have been translated into English by Marilyn Hacker and Robin Moger and published in literary online magazines.

• Name — Sania Saleh • Born — 1939 • Birthplace — Masyaf, Hama Governorate, Syria • Died — 1995 • Place of death — Paris, France • Education — University of Damascus • Occupation — Poet, writer • Years Active — 1964-1982 • Known for — Modern Arabic poetry • Spouse — Muhammad al-Maghut

Saleh was born in the city of Masyaf, in the Hama Governorate to Ismaili parents. In the 1950s, she met the writer and poet Muhammad al-Maghut at the house of the poet Adonis in Beirut. In the late 1960s, she married al-Maghut, while she was still a student at the college of literature of the University of Damascus. They had two daughters, named Sham and Salafa, for whom she wrote a poem that was translated as You Will Go Out of the Body’s Walls. In 1985, Saleh died at a hospital in Paris after a long illness.

• The Narrow Age (original title: al-Zaman al-Dayeq), (1964) • Execution Ink, (original title: Hebr al-Idam), (1970) • Dust (original title: al-Ghubar), (1982) • Remembrance of Flowers (original title: Zikr al-Ward), (1988) • Collected Poems

• Autumn of Freedom Republished in Marilyn Hacker (ed.) Blazons: New and Selected Poems, 2000-2018 • The Deluge (Original and translation) • The War of Memory (Original and translation) • You Will Go Out of the Body’s Walls (excerpts) • The Sadnesses of the Sparrows • The Wound and the Vision • The Roots of the Winds • Eyes of Grass • Final Death • The Condemned Lakes • The Straits of Air