George Jordac

George Gordac
Born George Gordac
1931 (1931)
Marjayoun, Lebanon[1]
Died November 5, 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 82–83)
Occupation Poet, writer
Language Arabic
Nationality Lebanese
Period 1931-2014[2]
Notable works The Voice of Human Justice (Sautu'l 'Adalati'l Insaniyah)[3]

George Jordac (Arabic: جورج جرداق‎; 1931 – 2014) was a Christian author and poet from Lebanon. He published a book about Ali entitled The Voice of Human Justice.[4][5]

Life and Education

George Jordac was born in 1931 in the town of Al-Jadida in the Marjayoun area, in southern Lebanon. He finished his primary education in a school in this area. As a child, he read Nahj al-Balagha, the Diwan (poetry-collection) of Al-Mutanabbi, and Majma' al-baḥrayn by Nasif al-Yaziji. He learned about Nahj al-balagha from his brother Fuad Jordac (an engineer, philologist, and poet). When he was 13 years old, George had memorized much of Nahj al-balagha and the other two books.[6] George Jordac studied in the college of Batrukiyya in Beirut.

After he graduated from the university, George taught Arabic literature and Arabic philosophy in some schools and universities in Beirut, and at the same time, he translated and wrote some articles for Lebanese newspapers and magazines. He wrote in newspapers such as Al-jumhuri al-jadid, Al-hurriyya, al-ṣayyād, Al-shabaka, Nisā', Al-kafaḥ al-'arabī, Al-amn, and some Arabic newspapers printed in Paris, and for two years in Al-watan and Al-ra'y al-ām, both printed in Kuwait.

He died on November 5, 2014.[7][8]

Works

'Ali and human rights
'Ali and the French revolution
'Ali and Socrates
'Ali and his time
'Ali and the Arabs[10]
  • Palaces and Slums
  • Saladin and Richard the Lion Heart (a historical novel in about 1000 pages)
  • The Arabic genius
  • Girls and mirrors
  • The faces of Koton
  • Donkey talks
  • The Paris chaos
  • An adventure and thieves (a play)
  • The singer
  • The governor
  • Imru' al-Qais and the world
  • Noonday stars
  • Cabarets talks
  • I am oriental (poems)
  • The displaced (a translation of Maxim Gorky's book)
  • A translation of Mao Zedong's poems
  • A translation of Maxim Gorky's My fellow.
  • Wagner and the woman
  • Masterpieces of Nahj al-Balagha

References

  1. ↑ "رحيل كاتب صوت العدالة الانسانية .. جورج جرداق". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Christian Lebanese Writer George Jordac Dies". 8 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "مسيحيته لم تمنعه من القول إن علياً (ع) صوت العدالة الإنسانية ..!". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Christian Lebanese Writer George Jordac Dies". 8 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "رحيل كاتب صوت العدالة الانسانية .. جورج جرداق". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "جورج جرداق: لم اجد من هو أهل بعد علي "ع" للكتابة ولهذا عقرت قلمي في ان اكتب لشخص غيره". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Interview: George Jordac". 8 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Renowned Christian author Jordac, the lover of Imam Ali passes away". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "رحيل كاتب صوت العدالة الانسانية .. جورج جرداق". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Interview: George Jordac". 8 November 2014.
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