About Denise Masson
Lived 1901 – 1994 (aged 93). Denise Masson was a French orientalist and islamologist.
Denise Masson (5 August 1901 – 10 November 1994), nicknamed "the Lady of Marrakech", was a 20th-century French islamologist who translated the Quran from Arabic into French, published in 1967. According to her colleague André Chouraqui, she may have been inspired by the Latin translation of Louis Maracci, repeated by Christian Reineccius.
Publications 1958: . 1967: Le Coran, Gallimard 1980: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. 1986: 1986: 1988: 1989: Autobiography.
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French Orientalist
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Denise Masson was born on 5 August 1901 in Paris.
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Denise Masson died on 10 November 1994 in Marrakech.
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Denise Masson was an orientalist and islamologist.
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Denise Masson was French.
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