在利比亚,诗人被视作智慧和才华的化身。诗歌在国家文化生活中起着相当重要的作用。但是,十九世纪前,人们只承认职业诗人的作品。这些专门从事写作的人,严格按照传统诗的格局,使用规范的文学语言,进行创作。本世纪二十年代起,利比亚开始整理、搜集古老的流传广泛的口头民间创作,陆续出版了具有独特风格的诗集。 In Libya, poets are seen as incarnations of wisdom and talent. Poetry plays a very important role in the country’s cultural life. However, before the nineteenth century, people only recognized the works of professional poets. Those who specialize in writing, in strict accordance with the pattern of traditional poetry, the use of normative literary language, to create. Beginning in the twenties of this century, Libya began to organize and collect ancient oral traditions that spread widely and gradually published poetry collections of unique styles.