What is Said Akl?
{{Infobox writer | name = Said Akl | image = Said Akl.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|7|4|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/distinguished-lebanese-poet-said-akl-dies-102|title=Distinguished Lebanese poet Said Akl dies at 102|publisher=Al-Akhbar.com|accessdate=November 28, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203124121/http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/distinguished-lebanese-poet-said-akl-dies-102|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Zahlé]], [[Lebanon]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|11|28|1912|7|4}} | death_place = [[Beirut]], Lebanon | occupation = Poet, writer, playwright, linguist and ideologue }} '''Said Akl''' ({{lang-ar|سعيد عقل}}) or '''Saïd Akl''', '''Said Aql''' and '''Saeed Akl''') (4 July 1912 – 28 November 2014) was a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[poet]], writer, [[playwright]] and language reformer. He was thought to be as one of the most important Lebanese poets of the modern age. He also helped create the [[Lebanese alphabet]]. Akl died in [[Beirut]], Lebanon at the age of 102.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/157121-famed-poet-said-akl-passes-away-at-102|title=Renowned Poet Said Akl Passes Away at 102|publisher=Naharnet.com|accessdate=November 28, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.poemhunter.com/said-akl/ Poet Said Akl- All Poems] * [http://famouslebanesepeople.com/display_person_info.php?id=92 Said Akl's biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204192806/http://famouslebanesepeople.com/display_person_info.php?id=92 |date=2014-12-04 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Akl, Said}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Lebanese poets]] [[Category:Centenarians]] [[Category:Playwrights]] {{bio-stub}}