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Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore

ダニエル・アブダル＝ハイ・ムーア

Danieru Abudaru-Hai Mūa

別名: Daniel Moore
ペンネーム: Abdal-Hayy（Name adopted after conversion to Islam (Sufi tradition), later merged with birth name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1940-07-30 （Oakland, California, United States）
死没
2016-04-18 （Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States） 75歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Sufi tradition of Islam 1970年受洗 （洗礼名: Abdal-Hayy）
居住地歴
Morocco (residence, periods) → Spain (residence, periods) → Algeria (residence, periods) → Nigeria (residence, periods) → Santa Barbara, California, United States → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

経歴

職業
poet, essayist, librettist, playwright, editor
活動期間
1964年〜2016年
所属
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
所属団体
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
影響を受けた人物
Sufi thought / Islamic mysticism, Mahmoud Darwish (poet; Moore edited translations), American Beat poets (influence)

受賞歴

American Book Award
2013
対象作品: Blood Songs
主催: Before Columbus Foundation
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Dawn Visions

1964年 Poetry

Early collection of poems demonstrating experimental and spiritual themes of the 1960s.

spiritualitynatureearly experimental poetry

The Ramadan Sonnets

1996年 Poetry

A series of sonnets inspired by Islamic spirituality and the month of Ramadan, incorporating Sufi meditative concerns.

Sufismreligious practiceinner exploration

The Blind Beekeeper

2001年 Poetry

A work blending poetry and narrative; portions were set to music for voice and piano/chamber ensemble.

narrative poetrycollaboration with musicspirituality
映像化・舞台化
  • [Music (art song / setting)] The Blind Beekeeper (musical setting) / W. A. Mathieu (2003)

Blood Songs

2012年 Poetry collection

A mature collection exploring autobiographical elements, spirituality, and human relationships.

losstransformationspirituality

全著作

  • Dawn Visions (1964)
  • This Body of Black Light (1965)
  • Burnt Heart (1971)
  • The Desert is the Only Way Out (1985)
  • The Ramadan Sonnets (1996)
  • The Blind Beekeeper, Poems (2001)
  • Blood Songs (2012)
  • Miracle Songs for the Millennium (2014)

翻案

  • Musical settings of The Blind Beekeeper (settings by W. A. Mathieu and others)
  • Text for the oratorio 'Rainforest' by Henry Brant

作家による翻訳

  • Editor/translator supervisor for collections of Mahmoud Darwish's poems

作風・主題

文体
Sufi-inflected, mystical poetic voicelyrical yet conversational dictionfrequent use of experimental and fragmentary imagery
頻出モチーフ
Sufism and spiritualitypilgrimage and travelnature, bees and related imagerytransformation and loss

評価・遺産

Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore was an American poet active from the 1960s whose conversion to Sufism in 1970 deeply influenced his work. He self-published extensively, collaborated with musicians, edited translations (notably of Mahmoud Darwish), and won the American Book Award in 2013 for Blood Songs. He is regarded as an important voice in contemporary English-language Sufi poetry.

資料所蔵先

  • UCSB Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara (holds related author/publisher materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Mentioned in music and cultural reviews in the 1960s–70s in connection with the Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company
  • Subject of obituaries, reviews and retrospective pieces in poetry and Sufi-related media

豆知識

  • Converted to Islam (Sufi tradition) in 1970 and adopted the name Abdal-Hayy.
  • Buried at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
  • Self-published much of his work and produced a wide range of writings including poetry, plays, children's works, and texts for musical settings.