Robert Irwin (1) (1946–)
Auteur de The Arabian Nightmare
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Robert Irwin, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Robert Irwin is senior research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. His many books include Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents and Memoirs of a Dervish: Sufis, Mystics, and the Sixties. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Œuvres de Robert Irwin
Visions of the Jinn: Illustrators of the Arabian Nights (Studies in the Arcadian Library) (2011) 16 exemplaires
'Entries for Tintin' in TLS 5555, 18 Sept 2009 [review of François Pouillon's 'Dictionnaire des orientalistes de… 1 exemplaire
Tales from the 1001 Nights 1 exemplaire
From the Maghrib to the Maldives 1 exemplaire
'Lost with the cross' in TLS 5397, 8 Sept 2006 [review of Tyerman's 'God's War: a new history of the Crusades'] 1 exemplaire
'Style's the man' in TLS 5703, 20 July 2012 [review of Bernard Lewis' 'Notes on a Century: reflections of a Middle… 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange (1800) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 251 exemplaires
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires
The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West (2006) — Introduction — 10 exemplaires
Byzantines, Latins, and Turks in the Eastern Mediterranean World after 1150 (2012) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Irwin, Robert
- Nom légal
- Irwin, Robert Graham
- Date de naissance
- 1946-08-23
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- Oxford University (BA|1967 - Epsom College)
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London - Professions
- editor
novelist
professor
arabist - Organisations
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
University of St Andrews
Times Literary Supplement - Prix et distinctions
- Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (2001)
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London (1989)
Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society - Courte biographie
- Robert Irwin was born in 1946. He was educated at Epsom College and won a major scholarship to Oxford. After a lectureship at St Andrews he became a house-husband and writer, and has continued to produce both fiction and academic work. He is a widely acknowledged expert on The Arabian Nights. His first novel was the celebrated cult book, The Arabian Nightmare (1983), followed by The Limits of Vision (1986), The Mysteries of Algiers (1988), Exquisite Corpse (1995) and Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh (1997). Satan Wants Me, a novel of the occult set in Sixties Britain, is published by Dedalus. His non-fiction includes The Arabian Nights: A Companion (1994) and Islamic Art (1997); his anthology of classical Arabic literature is published by Penguin.
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- Œuvres
- 34
- Aussi par
- 13
- Membres
- 2,410
- Popularité
- #10,643
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 50
- ISBN
- 316
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 13