Antoine Galland
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1646 – 1715
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Who was Antoine Galland?
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 huge influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the Islamic world.
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- Born
- Apr 4, 1646
Rollot - Also known as
- 安托万·加朗
- Галлан, Антуан
- Died
- Feb 17, 1715
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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