Hanna-l-Fakhoury ( ar, حنا الفاخوري, Ḥānna Al-Faḫūry 1914 – October 4, 2011) was a Lebanese
Melkite priest, member of the Missionaries of St. Paul Society, philosopher and linguist. He was born in
Zahlé, Lebanon, where his family moved from the village of
Majdaloun near
Baalbek بعلبك. In 1927 he joined the "Séminaire Sainte-Anne de Jérusalem" (St. Ann's Seminary of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
) where he completed his basic education in 1936. He was ordained to priesthood in 1943.
He is mostly known for his book 'Tareeḫ Al-Adab Al-Arabi تاريخ الأدب العربي ', History of the Arabic Literature, which was first published in 1951, then revised and re-edited by the author several times. It was so much appreciated that it was translated into several languages including Russian and
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
.
Prof. Fakhoury wrote more than 140 books on Arabic literature, grammar, poetry, lexicography etc. Among them:
تاريخ الأدب العربي (History of the Arabic Literature), منتخبات الأدب العربي (Selection of Arabic Literature ), الأصول الواضحة في الصّرف والنّحو (Clear Rules of Morphology & Syntax), ألجامع في الأدب العربيّ وتاريخه (Compendium of Arabic Literature & its History), المعجم الوافي في علوم النّحو والبيان والقوافي ( Glossary of Syntax, Figures of Speech & Poetry Metre) الخ
[المطران بطرس المعلّم: حنّا الفاخوري مع الخالدين،
في كتابه: من وحي الرّبيع ص 123 Bishop Boutros (Peter) Mouallem, ''Hanna-l-Fakhoury with the Immortals'',
Spring Inspirations, p. 123]
References
Lebanese writers
Lebanese philosophers
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
1914 births
2011 deaths
Historians of Arabic literature
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