Suhayl Idris
Template:Short description Suhayl Idris (1925 – February 19, 2008) was a Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and translator.
Biography
Idris studied in Beirut before going on to study in Paris and receive a PhD from Sorbonne. His first collection, Ashwaq, was published in 1947.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Idriss returned to Beirut in 1952 where he founded Al Adab, a monthly literary journal that became one of the leading periodicals of its kind.[1] Several of his novels have autobiographical themes, including al-Hayy al-Latini (1954) and al-Khandaq al-ghamiq (1958).[2]
Idris also translated many European works, including most of Jean-Paul Sartre[2] and Albert Camus. He had a pro-Nasserist and Arab nationalist political stance.[3]
Idris died on February 19, 2008.[4]
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