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| Native name | قسطاكي الحمصي |
| Born | February 4, 1858 Aleppo, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | March 9, 1941 (aged 83) Aleppo, First Syrian Republic (under French mandate) |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, critic |
| Nationality | Ottoman and Syrian |
| Genre | Poetry, novel, essay |
| Literary movement | Nahda |
| Notable works | The Researcher's Source in the Science of Criticism The Mirror of Souls |
Qustaki al-Himsi (Arabic: قسطاكي الحمصي, ALA-LC: Qusṭākī al-Ḥimṣī; 1858–1941) was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement (the Arabic renaissance), a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first reformers of the traditional Arabic poetry.[1] With his book The researcher's source in the science of criticism, al-Himsi is considered to be the founder of modern literary criticism among the Arab scholars.[2][3]
- ^ Al-Jamahir newspaper:Qustaki al-Himsi (in Arabic) Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Al-Jamahir newspaper:The Son of Aleppo, Qustaki al-Himsi the Voyager Poet (in Arabic)
- ^ الكعبي, ضياء (2005). السرد العربي القديم. بيروت: المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر. p. 445. ISBN 9953-36-784-1.