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Lebanese poet, journalist, and translator

Ounsi el-Hajj (Arabic: أنسى الحاج; 1937–2014) was a Lebanesepoet, journalist, and translator.

Life and career

Ounsi completed his studies at Lycée Francais and La Sagesse High School.^[1] He began a professional career in journalism in 1956, as director of the cultural page at Al Hayat newspaper.

He then moved to An Nahar newspaper where he was responsible for the editing of non-political content and expanded the daily cultural column into a daily full page spread.^[1] In 1964, he founded the poetry magazine Al-Mulhaq as a supplementary cultural publication to An Nahar which circulated weekly.^[1] In the first part of this period between 1964 and 1974, he worked in cooperation with Chawki Abi Shakra on Al Mulhaq.

Besides his permanent position at An Nahar, Ounsi held the editor-in-chief position at several magazines including Al Hasnaa magazine in 1966 and Annahar al Arabi wa