Nizar Qabbani Death Cause and Date

Nizar Qabbani's Death

Born (Birthday) March 21, 1923

Death Date April 30, 1998

Age of Death 75 years

Cause of Death Heart Attack

Profession Poet

The poet Nizar Qabbani died at the age of 75. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Syrian poet and diplomat known for 100 Love Letters, Poems Against the Law, and other works. He published more than thirty books of poetry over the course of his career; many of his poems were translated into English.

He married and had two children with his cousin Zahra Aqbiq. Following her death, he wed an Iraqi teacher named Balqis al-Rawi who was later killed in an embassy bombing.

Nizar Qabbani, who left life as a Syrian diplomat to become one of the Arab world’s greatest poets, died today in London, where he lived. He was 75. The cause was a heart attack, his family said.