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Clément Huart

كليمان هوار

Notable figure 1854–1926 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 1, p. 230; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 1092 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Huart, Clément (1854-1926)

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Author of Littérature arabe (Paris, 1902)

Biography

Born in Paris and trained at the School of Oriental Languages, he served as interpreter at the French consulate in Damascus and then in Istanbul, before turning to teaching at the School of Oriental Languages and the École pratique des hautes études. He wrote a history of Arabic literature, Littérature arabe (1902), and edited and translated al-Mutahhar al-Maqdisi's Kitab al-badʾ wa-l-taʾrikh (1899–1919).