Youssef Howayek
Youssef Saadallah Howayek (Arabic يوسف حويك; also Yousuf Huwayyik , Hoyek , Hoayek , Hawayek ) (born March 9, 1883 in Helta ; † 1962 in Beirut ) was an Arabic sculptor and painter from the city of Helta in the north of today's Lebanon .
Life
Howayek family belonged to the Maronite Christian community . His father Saadallah Howayek was a member of a board of directors, his grandfather was a clergyman in the country. His uncle was the Archbishop and Patriarch Elias Peter Hoayek of Helta .
An unforgettable experience for the young man from the small town in the mountains of Lebanon was his arrival in Rome, the metropolis of European culture . He then moved to Paris , where he met the American-Lebanese poet and painter Khalil Gibran . From 1909 to 1910 both studied sculpture with Auguste Rodin . Later the Lebanese writer Ameen Rihani joined them.
Howayek began translating Dante Alighieri 's “ Divine Comedy ” into Arabic, but it is not known whether he completed the work.
Others
As Youssef Howayek admitted in his diaries, the work of Ernest Renan's Histoire des origines du christianisme (History of the Beginnings of Christianity, 8 volumes, 1863–1883) had a great influence on him.
He was also one of the regulars at the Parisian bohemian meeting place , the Café du Dôme .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howayek, Youssef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howayek, Youssef Saadallah; Huwayyik, Yousuf; Hoyek, Youssef; Hoayek, Youssef; Hawayek, Youssef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese writer, painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helta , Lebanon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1962 |
| Place of death | Beirut |