Who is Monzer Masri?

Answer 1

Monzer Masri

- Surname: Masri

- First name: Monzer

- Nationality: Syrain

- Profusion: Poet & Painter

- Present Position:

This year I'm preparing to publish my Second volume of the Poetry Works. Which includes Four poetry collections: (Daken-Polonaises - The picnic & other unfinished experiments- Who owns the world?) and I'm Taking the last look on a new book of mine which I gathered in it most of my semi political articles (Syria is My country as Khaldieh is my mother) and it will be published in Egypt .

I live in Latakia - Syria and had no time or emption to go and live elsewhere.

- Personal infomations:

Date and place of birth: 27-5-1949.Latakia - Syria

Father's name: Shakeeb Masri

Mothers name: Khaldieh Nahloos

Married To Myidea Echo and I have two sons: Shakeeb and Khaled

- Education:

Graduated from Aleppo university, Economical Sciences College. And I took a Diploma in Regional Planning from S.G.P.S institution in Warsaw-Poland.

- Office Address:

My Atelier's Address is Motanabi Street- American quarter- Latakia-Syria

- Home Address:

Omar Ben Al-Khatab Street- Soleibeh Project - front Of Soleibeh Police Center. Latakia.

- Office Telephone: 466071

- Home Tellephone:364391

- Office Email: monzermasri@hotamil.com

- Home Email: monzermasri@monzermasri.com

- Career History:

1971: I graduated from Aleppo university (Economics science)

1974: First published Poems in (TheJourneys of (Shakaek Annomaan) flowers)

1979: I Took a diploma In (Local planning) form Warsaw university - Poland

1979: First official published book (People, dates And Places) by the Syrian cultural ministry.

1984: My sister Maram Al-Masri and Mohammad Saideh And me published our common poetry collection our common ( I warned you by a white dove) by the Syrian cultural ministry.

1989: The Syrian cultural ministry Banned my fifth poetry collection (Daken-Dark) after giving it's Approval and printing it /5000/ copies.

1994: Syrian censorship ripped The pages of my poem (The Two Legs Of Desire) From The famous Lebanese Magazine (Annaked)

1997: after 13 years of forced break time ... Riad Al-Rayes book Company in Beirut started to publish my poetry starting with ( A fist shaped vase ) to (Tea Is Not Slow)2004, and (IT's Hard To Create a Summer) 2008.

2000: I was one of the five Syrian poets (Nizar Kobani,Adonis, Mohammad Al-Magoot, and Sanieh Saleht) hat incloded in the German Anthology of Modern Arabic poetry.

2003: First visit to Paris to read my Poetry in The UNICCO.

2004:Alidades - Creation in Paris published Claude Krul's French Translation of some of my selected Poems: (Les Gens De La Cote).

2008: visited London twice.. first to participate in London Book Fair as one of four Arabian Modern poets . Second to read some of my poetry in Ludbury poetry festival, and London Book revue library.

- Major Artistic Works:

- I had more than seven individual Drawing Exhibitions in Latakia And Damascus.(1970-2000)

- I presented a several Power point shows of Visual poetry in Greek-Kavala, France-Paris, Jordan- Oman, and in Syria -Damascus, Aleppo, Tartoos, and Latakia.

- Publications:

1978:(Hard Hopes) a special publishing distributed to friends

1979: (People, dates And Places) published by the Syrian cultural ministry.

1984: (I warned you by a white dove) a common poetry collection by my sister Maram Al-Masri and Mohammad Saideh And me published by the Syrian cultural ministry.

1997: Riad Al-Rayes book Company in Beirut published ( A fist shaped vase )

2004: Riad Al-Rayes book Company in Beirut published (Tea Is Not Slow)

- Alidades - Creation in Paris published a French Translation of some of my selected Poems: (Les Gens De La Cote) by Claude Krul.

2006: Amisa House - Damascus published my first Volume of Poetry works: (The First Four Collections) which included:(Hard Hopes), (People, dates And Places), (love sees hate is blind), (A Special invitation for all)

2008: Riad Al-Rayes book Company in Beirut published (IT's Hard To Create a Summer)

2009: Damascus a capital of Arabic culture (2008) general secretary published my poetic anthology of Syrian Poets of the seventeenth generation : (the Seventeenth Turning in Syrian Poetry)

2010: Kosor Athakafa-Cairo:(... Because I'm not someone else). A selection of Poems.

2010: Dar AlJedar -Egypt: (Syria is my country as Khaldieh is my mother) A selection of culture And Political articles. Under publishing.

2010: Inzeyahat Magazine - Al-Yemen (… Surly I Have another Face) A selection of Poems.

2011: Dar Al-Gauoon (Monzer Masri & His Companions)

2011: Dar Athar ( The Echo That Made a Mistake)

- Honours and Awards: None!?

- Leisure Interests: Painting, Music and Cinema:

- I started My life with one emption, is to be a Painter. And I had more than eight individual exhibitions in Syria. But I nearly stopped my drawing activities since 1983 to make a comeback in 1994 to 2002 and to paint from time to time till now.

- I have one of the best collection ever in Syria of Pop Music of the Sixties, Blues, Jazz, soul..

- I'm a dedicated follower of Cinema, and one of the founders of (Cinema club) in Latakia.

Signature:منذر مصري Date: 7/1/2012