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Biographies of Daniel Abdal-hayy Moore

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Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore was born in 1940 in Oakland, California, and was an influential figure among the Beat poets of the late 60s Counterculture. He was director and writer of the critically-acclaimed Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company, and his first two collections of poetry were published by City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco. In 1970 he embraced Islam, joining a Sufi tariqa, and making Hajj in 1972. He is the author of over 60 manuscripts, some of which are available on www.ecstaticxchange.com, and the recipient of several Nazim Hikmet Awards and an American Book Award. Abdal-Hayy passed away in 2016. A forthcoming collection of selected poems, entitled From a Shore Beyond Water, gathers together many of his best-loved and quintessential poems.



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Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore (July 30, 1940, Oakland, California – April 18, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. poet, essayist and librettist. In 1970 he converted to the Sufi tradition of Islam and changed his name to Abdal-Hayy (eventually merging it with his birth-name). He then created works such as Ramadan Sonnets (1996) and The Blind Beekeeper (2002), most works being self-published. In early adulthood Moore traveled widely, living in Morocco, Spain, Algeria, and Nigeria as well as in...

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on June 2024.

Arabic biographies

وُلِدَ الشاعر والكاتب الأمريكي دانيال مور في عام 1940م، بمدينة أوكلاند في ولاية كاليفورنيا الأمريكية. ويُعدُّ دانيال مور من أبرز شعراء الستينات، وقد اعتنق دانيال الديانة الإسلامية في عام 1970م، واختار لنفسه اسم عبد الحيِّ. وفي عام 1990م انتقل عبد الحيِّ مع أسرته إلى مدينة فيلادلفيا في ولاية بنسلفانيا، حيث تنشط الجماعات الأدبية والدينية، وما زال يقيم هناك. المراجع دانيال مور على موقع MusicBrainz (الإنجليزية) دانيال مور على موقع Discogs (الإنجليزية) بوابة الولايات المتحدة بوابة أعلام بوابة تصوف

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on July 2023.

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