Antoine Galland
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| '''Antoine Galland''' ([[April 4]], [[1646]] — [[February 17]], [[1715]]) was a [[French orientalist]] and [[archaeologist]], most famous as the first European translator of ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|The Thousand and One Nights]].'' (also known as ''The Arabian Nights'' in English). His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a huge influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the [[Islam|Islamic]] world. | '''Antoine Galland''' ([[April 4]], [[1646]] — [[February 17]], [[1715]]) was a [[French orientalist]] and [[archaeologist]], most famous as the first European translator of ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|The Thousand and One Nights]].'' (also known as ''The Arabian Nights'' in English). His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a huge influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the [[Islam|Islamic]] world. | ||
| - | ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]] were "translated" into French — and quite possibly made up from very thin or non-existent sources as no earlier [[Arabic]] manuscripts of ''[[Aladdin]]'' and ''[[Ali Baba]]'' are known to exist — by [[Antoine Galland]] from 1704 to 1717. | + | ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]]'' were "translated" into French — and quite possibly made up from very thin or non-existent sources as no earlier [[Arabic]] manuscripts of ''[[Aladdin]]'' and ''[[Ali Baba]]'' are known to exist — by [[Antoine Galland]] from 1704 to 1717. |
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Antoine Galland (April 4, 1646 — February 17, 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European translator of The Thousand and One Nights. (also known as The Arabian Nights in English). His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a huge influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the Islamic world.
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights were "translated" into French — and quite possibly made up from very thin or non-existent sources as no earlier Arabic manuscripts of Aladdin and Ali Baba are known to exist — by Antoine Galland from 1704 to 1717.
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