Mahmoud Darwish
Birthday: 3/13/1941
Gender: Male
Place Of Birth: Al-Birwa, Mandatory Palestine

Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.