Achmed Abdullah

Broschiertes Buch

Lute and Scimitar

Poems and Ballads of Central Asia

Beschreibung

Achmed Abdullah (1881-1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer best known for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure and screenplays, including the Academy-award nominated films Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness and The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. Lute and Scimitar describes itself as "poems and ballads of Central Asia translated out of the Afghan, the Persian, the Turkoman, the Tarantchi, the Bokharan, the Balochi, and the Tartar tongues, together with an introduction and historical and philological annotations."

Autor

Achmed Abdullah (1881 - 1945) was an American short story author, novelist, and screenwriter who claimed to be a descendant of the Russian imperial family, but this remained unconfirmed. His country of origin is also unclear; perhaps he was born in Afghanistan, with Arab and Tartar ancestors. He received an international education in India, England, France, and Germany and became an expert linguist. After his mother poisoned his father, Abdullah was sent to Eton College at Oxford University at age twelve, received his Bachelor of Letters at the Sorbonne in Paris, then went on to serve for seventeen years in the British-Indian and Ottoman armies, attaining the rank of acting Colonel. He migrated to New York City, where he became a writer, playwright, and screenwriter until his death in 1945.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9781434434210
• ISBN-10: 1434434214
• Artikelnr.: 35113719