Saudi poet Prince Badr Bin Abdul Mohsen passes away

Gulf Today Report

Saudi poet Prince Badr Bin Abdul Mohsen passed away at the age of 75 after a struggle with illness.

The head of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, Counsellor Turki Al-Sheikh, in a tweet via his account on the “X” platform, mourned the death of Prince Badr Bin Abdul Mohsen, saying: “May God have mercy on the poet, His Royal Highness Prince Badr Bin Abdul Mohsen, and forgive him and grant him a spacious paradise. My condolences to his honourable family and his children.”

Badr, a well-known figure in the Saudi and Arab cultural scene, made great efforts in writing literary texts of high standard that combine poetry, pride, lamentation, and social and political reality.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, honoured him with the King Abdulaziz award in 2019.

He is the second son of Prince Abdul Mohsen Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

The late author has an anthology of poetry, the most prominent of which are: “What the Bird Inscribes on the Date of the Plum”: published in 1989, “A Message from a Bedouin”: published in 1990, "A Painting Maybe a Poem": published in 1996, and “Flash”: published in 2010.