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Antoine Galland
AuthorBooks · Second hand1646-1715
Antoine Galland 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.
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About Antoine Galland
Birth
1646
Death
1715
First book
1670
Years writing
356
Antoine Galland 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.
Antoine Galland was the brilliant French orientalist who introduced The Thousand and One Nights to the Western world.
Beyond his work as a translator, he excelled as a passionate archaeologist and numismatist.
Born in Rollot in 1646, he dedicated his life to the study of Eastern cultures.
His legacy includes a vast production of 88 works ranging from anthropology to children's literature.
As a collector of fantastic tales, Galland transformed universal narrative with his work on Eastern folklore.
