Denys Johnson-Davies

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1) Goha, the Wise Fool

Author

Johnson-Davies, Denys

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

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Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children

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A collection of fourteen tales about the folk hero Nasreddin Hoca, also known as Goha, a man with a reputation for being able to answer difficult questions in a clever way.

2) The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim

Author

Johnson-Davies, Denys

Language

English

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The importance of Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898 to 1989) to the emergence of a modern Arabic literature is second only to that of Naguib Mahfouz. If the latter put the novel among the genres of writing that are now an accepted part of literary production in the Arab world today, Tawfiq al-Hakim is recognized as the undisputed creator of a literature of the theater. In this volume, Tawfiq al-Hakim's fame as a playwright is given prominence. Of the more than...

3) Memories In Translation: A Life between the Lines of Arabic Literature

Author

Johnson-Davies, Denys

Language

English

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Nobody has done more for modern Arabic literature in translation than Denys Johnson-Davies, described by the late Edward Said as "the leading Arabic English translator of our time." With more than twenty-five volumes of translated Arabic novels, short stories, plays, and poetry to his name, and a career spanning some sixty years, he has brought the works of a host of writers from across the Arab world to an ever-widening English readership. Here he...