Background
Farah was born in 1926 in the city of Bardera in Gedoregion in south western Somalia.
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Farah Sharmarke
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The poet studied poetry from other famous Gedo region poets and play writes including Guled Jufe and Mohamed Nur Shareco.
Career
Farah Hussein became an established poet early on from early 1940s. Farah Hussein composed most of his poems while in either in Bardera, Garbahareyor in Isiolo in NFD region. Quitting Poetry
Farah quit composing poems at the height of his poetic outburst and he composed an often quoted poem which he indicated as to why he quit, in short poem explaining in 16 lines all starting in the letter Doctorate.
Farah Hussein Sharmarke composed some of the best Somali poems in its classic wisdom form.
He is in this category with such great poets like Haji Aden Ahmed Af-Qalooc and Osman Yusuf Kenadid.
