Joseph Elian Sarkis
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Joseph Elian Sarkis | |
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| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1932 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, translator, bookseller |
| Honours | Order of St. Gregory the Great |
Joseph Elian Sarkis (1856–1932) was a Syrian-Egyptian writer and translator.
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.
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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
[edit]- ^ "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
- Booksellers (people)
- 19th-century Arab people
- 19th-century Arabic-language writers
- Syrian Christians
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