{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"Ali bin Ahmad bin Mohammed Bakathir (21 December 1910 - 10 November 1969) (Arabic: \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0627\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631) was an Egyptian poet, playwright and novelist of Hadrami origin, who is Indonesian-born. He was a prominent playwright, his best-known play was Epic of Omar (original: Malhamat Omar). He also wrote historical novels, the most famous being Oh Islam! (original: Wa Islamah) and The Red Revolutionary (original: Ath-thaa'er Al-Ahmar). He is also a translator, for he translated Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Bakathir was awarded many medals, including the State Prize of Appreciation, shared equally with Naguib Mahfouz.","birth_date":"1910-12-21","birth_place":"Surabaya","birth_place_coordinates":{"latitude":-7.246284,"longitude":112.737767},"birth_place_wikidata_id":"Q11462","birth_place_wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11462","canonical_name":"Ali Ahmad Bakathir","canonical_url":"https://ko.instaget.online/people/a0519a7a8d273991f95706a8","citizenships":["Yemen","Indonesia"],"death_date":"1969-11-10","description":"Indonesian-born Yemeni poet and dramatist (1910-1969)","external_ids":{"isni":{"id":"0000000393160208","url":"https://isni.org/isni/0000000393160208"},"loc":{"id":"n82268098","url":"https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82268098.html"},"viaf":{"id":"25407086","url":"https://viaf.org/viaf/25407086/"}},"full_name":"Ali Ahmad Bakathir","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":["Ali Ahmed Bakatheer","\u02bbAl\u012b A\u1e25mad B\u0101 Kath\u012br","Ali Ahmad Bakatsir","Ali Bakathir","Ali bin Ahmad bin Mohammed Bakathir"],"birth":[],"native":[],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["poet","writer","novelist","translator","playwright"],"official_websites":[],"photo":{"author":"Not credited","license":"Public domain","license_url":null,"source":"Wikimedia Commons","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Ahmad_Bakathir_c._1950s.jpg","url":"https://instaget-public-commons.tor1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/public/commons/e9d3d65d91234dd5a980e48549e2fb60597a4318921d68e947e424e0e783e2c7"},"profile_url":"https://ko.instaget.online/people/a0519a7a8d273991f95706a8","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T06:24:09Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12227833"},"public_hash":"a0519a7a8d273991f95706a8","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{},"tags":[{"key":"category:arts-and-culture","label":"Arts and culture","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:poet","label":"poet","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:writer","label":"writer","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:novelist","label":"novelist","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:translator","label":"translator","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:playwright","label":"playwright","type":"occupation"},{"key":"country:surabaya","label":"Surabaya","type":"country"},{"key":"citizenship:yemen","label":"Yemen","type":"citizenship"},{"key":"citizenship:indonesia","label":"Indonesia","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q12227833","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12227833","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ahmad_Bakathir"}