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His high school studies were interrupted by the Russian revolution and the Civil War, Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. }()); The best known fiction from the Islamic world is The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), a compilation of many earlier folk tales set in a frame story of being told serially by the Persian Queen Scheherazade. Removing this book will also remove your associated ratings, reviews, and reading sessions. Paul Valry was born on October 30, 1871 in Cette [now Ste], Herault, France. A leading exponent of the Athenian "Old Comedy," Aristophanes lived most of his life during the Peloponnesian War against Sparta (431-404). The novel traces Khadra's journey through faith and identity-formation. Many Muslims believe that Allah gave Muhammad these teachings because all earlier religious texts were no longer reliable. Joyce graduated from University College Dublin (UCD), in 1902. His father, Lucien, died in the Battle of Marne (1914) during WWI. He was a writer and actor, known for Y (1985), Contes modernes (1979) and Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985). Frequently called postmodern, his fiction, which often Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). Ali Shariati Mazinani (Persian: , 23 November 1933 18 June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who focused on the sociology of religion. The following article presents a general outline on the Islamic historical literature . He never married, but fathered a daughter Versatile Greek poet and tragic dramatist. 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Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, at Laleham in Godalming, Surrey, England. He is a writer and director, known for Pantaleon (1976), Travesuras de la Nia Mala (2022) and Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999). Some famous and mostly unknown beautiful actresses, bcp's top 250 favorite attractive actresses. It can be written in any language and portray any country or region. Mikhail Sholokhov was a Russian writer who received a Nobel prize for his epic novel 'Tikhiy Don'.He was born in 1905 into a Cossack family of farmers in Kruzhilin, Veshenskaya, Rostov province in Southern Russia. [CDATA[ Abu Ali Al-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina, usually known under his latinized name Avicenna, was born in 980 at Afshanah, a town near Bukhara in todays Uzbekistan. Amazon. ), Islamic Studies, Vol. He studied music, film and literature at university in Prague. He was a writer and actor, known for Enemy (2013), Blindness (2008) and O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo. 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Was thrown from the edge of a cliff, c. 560 BC. Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877 in Calw, Germany. Studied law and journalism in Bogot and Cartagena. He moved to Switzerland until 1939 and later emigrated to the US. U.S. writer whose novel "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-World War II generation of college students. The Geometry of God by Uzma Aslam Khan ( available here) Pakistani writer Khan explores themes of sex, love, feminism, faith, and family bonds, all set against a backdrop of a . Publius Vergilius died on September 21, 19 in Brundisium [now Brindisi, Italy]. She had one older sister, Cassandra. His major treatise is. 3-Imam Abu Dawood. var ue_sid = "012-1512970-5137955"; var googletag = googletag || {}; His most important philosophical work is. She was the seventh of eight children. In Islamic culture, a specific Arabic historiographical tradition emerged very early, since the late 7th century, to account for the history of Islam and the development of its civilisation. A philosopher whose theory of the soul, explained in. }; His entire corpus of published works consists of that one novel and 13 short stories, all originally written in the period 1948- London-born Virginia Woolf came from a wealthy family and, unlike her brothers, received her education at home, an unusual step for the times. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. The Anglo-Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, acquired a reputation as the greatest dramatist in the English language during the first half of the 20th Century for the plays he had written at the height of his creativity from "Mrs. Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer of Irish descent, considered a major figure in crime fiction. In his Kitab Al Shifa or The Book of Healing he brought together Greek philosophy and Muslim theology in an analysis of mathematics, physics, metaphysics and politics. His father, a doctor, was a member of the Russian nobility, owned serfs and had a considerable estate near Moscow where he lived with his Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 into the lower nobility of Florence, to Alighiero di Bellincione d'Alighiero, a moneylender. Originally raised in Texas, she now lives in Los Angeles, California, with her partner, a cat bent . var ue_sn = "www.goodreads.com"; [1], After Averroes, a vivid peripatetic philosophical school persisted in the eastern Muslim world during the Safavid Empire which scholars have termed as the School of Isfahan. The best known fiction from the Islamic world is The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), a compilation of many earlier folk tales set in a frame story of being told serially by the Persian Queen Scheherazade. He is a writer and producer, known for The Remains of the Day (1993), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Living (2022). His best known works, written initially in Arabic, are a trilogy: Commentary on the Mishnah, Mishnah Torah and Guide to the Perplexed.. His most Haruki Murakami graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1975. While opposing the kind of philosophy which is regarded as independent of revelation, he sought to find areas of agreement between different Islamic sects. This work of over one million words analyzes the nature of contagious diseases, psychology and health. Austin (rev. Clear rating. His other notable series were the "Professor Challenger" Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775, to the local rector, Rev. His father, Jean-Baptiste Sartre, was an officer in the French Navy. July 31, 2022 by Tonya Fillion. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. 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He was one of the few authors who were allowed to reach popularity during lifetime and one of the leaders of French romance.After the William Shakespeare's birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. He died on October 25, 1400 in London, England. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century[3] and has been called the "ideologue of the Iranian Revolution", although his ideas ended up not forming the basis of the Islamic Republic, His works are dedicated to Islamic philosophy and especially, Being interested in the philosophy of religion and the philosophical system of. The Gift of Rumi: Experiencing the Wisdom of the Sufi Master, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories, The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), 33 Ways of Developing al-Khushoo: Humility and Devotion in Prayer, Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait. After World War II he worked as a jazz musician before going to college. 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