René R. Khawam
René Rizqallah Khawam (1917 in Aleppo, Ottoman Empire – 22 March 2004 in Paris, France) was a Syrian translator foremost known for his translations of the Qur'an, One Thousand and One Nights, The Perfumed Garden and Ahmad al-Tifashi's A Promenade of the Hearts. Khawam was born to a Christian family of Caucasian origins. He studied French at a Marist Brothers institution in Syria and, in 1947, he moved to France to work as a teacher of French.
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René R. Khawam
- Full name
- رينيه رزق الله خوام.
- Born
- 1917. · Aleppo.
- Died
- sources differ (2004 and 2004). · Suresnes.
- Nationality
- Syria.
- Occupation
- linguist, translator and writer.
- Fields
- translation and translation into French.
- Languages
- Arabic and French.
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René Rizqallah Khawam (1917 in Aleppo, Ottoman Empire – 22 March 2004 in Paris, France) was a Syrian translator foremost known for his translations of the Qur'an, One Thousand and One Nights, The Perfumed Garden and Ahmad al-Tifashi's A Promenade of the Hearts. Khawam was born to a Christian family of Caucasian origins. He studied French at a Marist Brothers institution in Syria and, in 1947, he moved to France to work as a teacher of French.
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Recorded at birth as رينيه رزق الله خوام. Born at Aleppo in 1917, died in Paris in 2004.
The recorded working language is Arabic and French. The field of work recorded is translation and translation into French.
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