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Adolf Friedrich von Schack
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Adolf Friedrich von Schack

أدولف فريدريش فون شاك

Notable figure 1815–1894 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 711; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 531 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Schack, Adolf Friedrich von (1815-1894)

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Translator of Andalusi verse; Poesie und Kunst der Araber

Biography

Born at Brüsewitz in Mecklenburg, he studied at German universities, stayed in Spain in 1839–1840, settled in Munich and died in Rome. His two-volume Poesie und Kunst der Araber in Spanien und Sicilien (Berlin, 1865) rendered a wide selection of Andalusi and Sicilian Arabic poets into German verse; Juan Valera translated the book into Spanish.