Abdallah Marrasch
Abdallah bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrasch ( Arabic عبد الله بنت فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش, DMG ʿAbd allāh b. Fatḥ Allaah b. Naṣr Allāh Marrāš ; born on May 14, 1839 in Aleppo ; died January 17, 1900 in Marseille ) was a Syrian writer at the time of the Nahda , the Arab Renaissance.
Life
Abdallah Marrasch was born in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria , in 1839 to an old and respected Melkite family known for their literary interests. His father, Fathallah Marrasch, had built up a huge private library that helped him raise his three children, Fransis , Abdallah and Marjana (all three of whom became writers).
In 1879 Abdallah Marrasch founded Misr al-Qahirah with Adib Ishaq. He was a member of the Société asiatique .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wielandt (1992), “Fransis Fathallah Marrasch's access to the ideas of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution”, p. 119; Zeidan (1995), Arab Women Novelists: the Formative Years and Beyond , p. 50.
- ^ Zeidan (1995), Arab Women Novelists: the Formative Years and Beyond , p. 50; Wielandt (1992), “Fransis Fathallah Marrasch's approach to the ideas of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution”, p. 122.
- ^ Presse et mémoire: France des étrangers, France des libertés (1990), p. 121.
- ↑ Journal asiatique, ou recueil de mémoires, d'extraits et de notices relatifs à l'histoire, à la philosophie, aux langues et à la littérature des peuples orientaux (1875).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marrash, Abdallah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marrasch, Abdallah bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah (full name); عبد الله بنت فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian writer at the time of the Nahda |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aleppo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1900 |
| Place of death | Marseille |