About René R. Khawam
Lived 1917 – 2004 (aged 86–87). René R. Khawam was a Syrian linguist, translator and writer.
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. Khawam dedicated the last forty years of his life to the study and translation of classical Arabic manuscripts. As a non-Muslim translator of the Qur'an, he was a proponent of closer dialogue between Abrahamic religions.
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Who was René R. Khawam?
French translator (1917–2004)
When was René R. Khawam born?
René R. Khawam was born in 1917 in Aleppo.
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René R. Khawam died on 22 March 2004 in Suresnes.
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René R. Khawam was a linguist, translator and writer.
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René R. Khawam was Syrian.
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