Denise Masson
Portrait of donor Denise Masson (1901-1994) in front of the painting by Claude Monet, "La Débâcle".
Born5 August 1901
Paris
Died10 November 1994(1994-11-10) (aged 93)
Marrakech
Occupation(s)Islamologist
Translator

Denise Masson (5 August 1901[1] – 10 November 1994), nicknamed "the Lady of Marrakech", was a 20th-century French islamologist who translated the Quran from Arabic into French, published in 1967. According to her colleague André Chouraqui, she may have been inspired by the Latin translation of Louis Maracci (1698), repeated by Christian Reineccius.[2]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Paola Frangieh (2011). "Denise Masson, dame de lettres et de cœur". Le Soir Échos [fr]..
  2. ^ André Chouraqui (1990). "Liminaire". Le Coran, l'appel (in French). Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-06964-1.