AL-KHANSA
Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr (تماضر بنت عمرو), known as al-Khansāʾ (الخنساء).
Born about 575 in Najd, Arabia.
Died about 646 in Najd.
Wikipedia: English,
French,
Arabic.
Imaginary portrait by Gibran Khalil Gibran.
WORKS
Diwan.
Arabic: Cheikho (1888);
• Cheikho (1895);
• Cheikho (1896);
• Bustani (1958, 1960, 1963, 1965).
English: Diwan (Arthur Wormhoudt, 1973);
• Selections from the Diwan (Arthur Wormhoudt, 1977; thesis);
• Love sings (James Montgomery, 2019; excerpts);
• Diwan (Yasmine Seale, to be released).
French: Femmes arabes avant et depuis l’islamisme (Nicolas Perron, 1858; excerpts in chapters 34–38);
• La poésie arabe anté-islamique (René Basset, 1880; excerpts);
• Diwan (Victor de Coppier, 1889; see also the other
1889 edition);
• Les plus beaux textes arabes (Albert Lantin, 1951; excerpts, in an anthology presented by Émile Dermenghem);
• Moi, poète et femme d’Arabie (Anissa Boumediene, 1987).
Created on 10 November 2023. Updated on 19 November 2023.
