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Antoine Galland
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- Born
- 1646
- Died
- 1715
- Works
- 83
Top works
- Journal d'Antoine Galland pendant son séjour à Constantinople (1672-1673)
- İstanbul'a ait günlük hâtıralar (1672-1673)
- De l'origine et du progrez du café; sur un manuscrit arabe de la bibliothèque du roy
- İstanbul'a ait günlük hâtıralar, 1672-1673
- Orientaliana, ou Les bons mots des Orientaux
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1646-04-04 ) 4 April 1646, Rollot , Picardy , Kingdom of France
- Died
- 17 February 1715 (1715-02-17) (aged 68), Caen , Normandy , Kingdom of France
- Occupations
- Orientalist archaeologist
- Years active
- 1670–1715
- Known for
- First European translator of One Thousand and One Nights
- Notable work
- Les mille et une nuits
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoine
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Rollot
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- Collège de France
- Employer
- Collège de France
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Les Mille et Une Nuits
- Field of work
- translation
- Image
- QT - Antoine Galland.PNG
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- Antoine Galland
- date of birth
- 1646-04-04
- date of death
- 1715-02-17
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- name in native language
- Antoine Galland
- writing language
- Romanian
- Commons Creator page
- Antoine Galland
- start of work period
- 1670-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
- P8168
- Kill or Cure
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Encyclopedic overview
Antoine Galland ( French: [ɑ̃twan ɡalɑ̃]; 4 April 1646 – 17 February 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European translator of One Thousand and One Nights, which he called Les mille et une nuits. His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a significant influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the Islamic world. Jorge Luis Borges has suggested that Romanticism began when his translation was first read.
Life and work
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