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Denys Johnson-Davies

Born

in Vancouver, Canada

January 01, 1922

Died

May 22, 2017

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Denys Johnson-Davies (Arabic: دنيس جونسون ديڤيز) (1922-2017) was an eminent Arabic-to-English literary translator who has translated, inter alia, several works by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, Sudanese author Tayeb Salih, Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish and Syrian author Zakaria Tamer.

Davies, referred to as “the leading Arabic-English translator of our time” by the late Edward Said, has translated more than twenty-five volumes of short stories, novels, plays, and poetry, and was the first to translate the work of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. He is also interested in Islamic studies and is co-translator of three volumes of Prophetic Hadith. He has also written a number of children’s books adapted from traditional Ara ...more

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	Goha The Wise Fool by Denys Johnson-Davies, Hamdy Mohamed Fattouh (Illustrations), Hany El Saed Ahmed (Illustrations) 3.89 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction 3.77 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ذكريات في الترجمة by Denys Johnson-Davies, دنيس جونسون ديفز, نجيب محفوظ (Preface) 3.81 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World 3.65 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates 3.13 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egyptian Short Stories 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	سلسلة ذئب الصحراء - اللؤلؤة السوداء by Denys Johnson-Davies, موسى الحالول (ترجمة), فادي فاضل (رسوم) 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	سلسلة ذئب الصحراء - ملكة القراصنة by Denys Johnson-Davies, موسى الحالول (ترجمة), فادي فاضل (رسوم) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	سلسلة ذئب الصحراء - القط الأسود by Denys Johnson-Davies, موسى الحالول (ترجمة), فادي فاضل (رسوم) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Naguib Mahfouz: Novels, Short Stories, Autobiography (Modern Arabic Literature 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tales of Arabia (4 books)
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Sabine P. Moser (Illustrator)

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“She’s an old lady from times back. Her clothes have the smell of her sheep and that rusty smell of the ancient trunk in which she keeps her things.”
― Denys Johnson-Davies, In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates

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“In his throat was the bitterness of morning.”
― Denys Johnson-Davies, In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates

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“The trunks of date palms met as though they were corpses mangled by the ants that had penetrated their leaves, while scraps of ripe dates, strewn about beneath them, gave out a fermented smell mixed with that of the date palms and the water-sodden roots.”
― Denys Johnson-Davies, In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates

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