About Doris Kilias
Lived 1942 – 2008 (aged 65). Doris Kilias was a German translator.
Doris Kilias (née Galuhn, formerly Erpenbeck, 22 July 1942 – 1 June 2008) was a German Arabist and literary translator, best known as the German translator of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
Biography Kilias grew up in post-war Bernau near Berlin in East Germany and attended Humboldt University of Berlin, where she studied Arabic and Romance studies under Rita Schober. After years of studying in Egypt, she received her doctorate from Karl Marx University (now Leipzig University) in 1974 and her habilitation from Humboldt University in 1984.
In addition to translating numerous novels by Naguib Mafouz, she also translated works by Gamal al-Ghitani, Abdelhamid ben Hadouga, Yusuf al-Qa'id, Miral al-Tahawy, Emily Nasrallah, Mohamed Choukri, Salwa Al Neimi, Rajaa al-Sanea, and others.
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Who was Doris Kilias?
German translator (1942–2008)
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Doris Kilias was born on 22 July 1942 in Ryn.
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Doris Kilias died on 1 June 2008 in Berlin.
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Doris Kilias was a translator.
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Doris Kilias was German.
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