Joseph Elian Sarkis

Joseph Elian Sarkis
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Born	1856 Damascus
Died	1932 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Occupation(s)	Writer, editor, translator, bookseller
Honours	Order of St. Gregory the Great

Joseph Elian Sarkis (1856–1932) was a Syrian-Egyptian writer and translator. Born in Damascus in 1856, Joseph was a writer, translator, and bibliographer, he was also known for his activity as a bookseller-publisher in Cairo, where he settled in 1912. He pursued his literary activity alongside a banking profession, as he worked for nearly 35 years as an employee at the Ottoman Imperial Bank in the branches of Beirut, Damascus, Cyprus, Ankara, and Constantinople.

• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Arabic Bibliography, Published by J.E. Sarkis
  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Arabic Bibliography, Published by J.E. Sarkis
• Les naufragés de Spitzberg, by Louis Friedel, translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis
  Les naufragés de Spitzberg, by Louis Friedel, translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis
• Five Weeks in a Balloon novel by Jules Verne translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis
  Five Weeks in a Balloon novel by Jules Verne translated into Arabic by J.E. Sarkis