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Yusuf al-Khal (; December 25, 1917 (1976). 9780521290234, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521290234 – March 9, 1987) was a Lebanese poet, journalist, and publisher of Syrians ethnic origins. He is considered the greatest exponent of avant-garde prose poetry ( qaṣīdat al-natr) as well one of the pioneers of Arabic Surrealism poetry.
With fellow poets Adunis and Ounsi el-Hajj, al-Khal founded the magazine Shi'r ("Poetry") in Beirut in 1957, initiating a movement to modernize Arabic literature. His poetry has also been recognized in Near East poetry collections. He published many volumes of avant-garde poetry and translated Whitman, Eliot, Frost, and others.
Al-Khal was the son of a Syrian Protestant minister originally from Wadi al-Nasara who was Greek Orthodox and a Lebanese people mother from Tripoli. He was raised in Tripoli, Lebanon and made his career largely in Lebanon.
Between 1944 and 1948 al-Khal taught at the American University in Beirut, where he had previously studied under Charles Malik and did his bachelor's degree in philosophy and English literature. He established the Dar al-Kitab in Beirut, and this house started its activities by publishing the magazine “Sawt a Woman”, which was edited by al-Khal, in addition to managing the house until 1948.
From 1948 to 1955 al-Khal lived in the US, where he worked for the United Nations as a journalist in the press and publishing department. He returned to Lebanon in 1955.
Al-Khal created the quarterly poetry magazine Shi'r that was published between 1957 and 1964. Then it resumed in the first of 1967. Its entire collection was reprinted in 11 volumes. In 1967, An-Nahar Publishing House was established, and he joined it as Editor-in-Chief. He established (1957–1959) a remarkable literary salon, the Salon of Poetry Magazine, known as the Salon of Thursday. The members of the salon included the poets Yusuf Al-Khal, Adonis, Shawqi Abi Chakra and Fouad Rebekah.
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