Joseph Elian Sarkis
Joseph Elian Sarkis | |
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| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1932 (aged 75–76) |
| Occupations | Writer, editor, translator, bookseller |
| Honours | Order of St. Gregory the Great |
Joseph Elian Sarkis (1856–1932) was a Syrian-Egyptian writer and translator.
Biography
Born in Damascus in 1856, Joseph was a writer, translator, and bibliographer, he was also known for his activity as a bookseller-publisher in Cairo, where he settled in 1912.[1][2] He pursued his literary activity alongside a banking profession, as he worked for nearly 35 years as an employee at the Ottoman Imperial Bank in the branches of Beirut, Damascus, Cyprus, Ankara, and Constantinople.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Arabic Bibliography, Published by J.E. Sarkis
Les naufragés de Spitzberg, by Louis Friedel, translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis
Five Weeks in a Balloon novel by Jules Verne translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis
References
- ↑ "LC Catalog - Legacy Catalog Retired". catalog.loc.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ Meho, Lokman I.; Nsouli, Mona (1999-08-30). Libraries and Information in the Arab World: An Annotated Bibliography. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-313-31098-0.
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- 1932 deaths
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- 19th-century publishers (people)
- Translators from French
- Syrian emigrants to Egypt
- Levantine-Egyptians
- People from Damascus
- Arab writers
- Syrian writers
- Syrian translators
- Syrian editors
- Arab translators
- 19th-century Syrian writers
- 19th-century booksellers
- 19th-century Arab people
- 19th-century Arabic-language writers
- Syrian Christians
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