Denys Johnson-Davies
Denys Johnson-Davies (Arabic: دنيس جونسون ديڤيز) (also known as Abdul Wadud) was an eminent Arabic-to-English literary translator who 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.Johnson-Davies, referred to as "the leading Arabic-English translator of our time" by Edward Said, 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 was also interested in Islamic studies and was co-translator of three volumes of Prophetic Hadith. He wrote a number of children’s books adapted from traditional Arabic sources, including a collection of his own short stories, ''Fate of a Prisoner'', which was published in 1999.
Born in 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada of English parentage, Johnson-Davies spent his childhood in Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, and Kenya, and then was sent to England at age 12. Johnson-Davies studied Oriental languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and lectured on translation and English literature at several universities across the Arab World.
In 2006, he published his memoirs In 2007, he was awarded the Sheikh Zayed Book Award "Culture Personality of the Year", valued at about $300,000.
In his latter years he lived between Marrakesh and Cairo. Denys Johnson-Davies died in Egypt on 22 May 2017. Provided by Wikipedia
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Animal tales from the Arab world by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Goha the wise fool by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Aladdin and the lamp by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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The island of animals by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Modern Arabic short stories; by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Modern Arabic short stories by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Memories in translation : a life between the lines of Arabic literature by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Fate of a prisoner and other stories by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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The voyages of Sindbad by Johnson-Davies, Denys
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Egyptian one-act plays by Kāmil, Farīd, 1931-, Faraj, Alfrid, Selim, Abdel-Moneim, 1929-, Sālim, ʻAlī, Ḥakīm, Tawfīq, 1898-1987
London : Washington, D.C. : Heinemann ; Three Continents Press, 1981Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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The time and the place and other stories by Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006
New York : Doubleday, 1991Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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Echoes of an autobiography by Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006
New York : Doubleday, 1997Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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A last glass of tea and other stories by Bisāṭī, Muḥammad
Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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Hunger by Bisāṭī, Muḥammad
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2008Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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A last glass of tea and other stories by Bisāṭī, Muḥammad
Colorado Springs, Colo. : Three Continents Press, 1998Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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The slave's dream & other stories by Naʻʻūm, Nabīl, 1944-
London : Quartet Books, 1991Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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Final night : short stories by Nāṣirī, Buthaynah
Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2002Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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Fate of a cockroach, with, The Song of Death, The sultan's Dilemma, Not a thing out of place by Ḥakīm, Tawfīq, 1898-1987
Colorado Springs, Colo. : Three Continents Press, 1980Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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Tigers on the tenth day and other stories by Tāmir, Zakarīyā
London ; New York : Quartet Books, 1985Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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The essential Yusuf Idris : masterpieces of the Egyptian short story by Idrīs, Yūsuf
Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2009Other Authors: “…Johnson-Davies, Denys…”
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