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John Payne

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 22 1842

Died: 0909 02 19161916

John Payne was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career, and associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later he became involved with limited edition publishing, and the Villon Society.

He is now best known for his translations of Boccaccio's Decameron, The Arabian Nights and the Diwan Hafez. Payne once said that Hafez, Dante and Shakespeare were the three greatest poets of the world.

John Payne translations of the Arabian Nights include appended editions. There were 9 original works, then 3 more in a group, then 3 different releases of individual works.
For example:
Volume 4 of 9 is the same as Volume 4 of 12 and Volume 4 of 15; Volume 10 of 12 is the same as Volume 10 of 13 and 10 of 15.

John Payne

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 22 1842

Died: 0909 02 19161916

John Payne was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career, and associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later he became involved with limited edition publishing, and the Villon Society.

He is now best known for his translations of Boccaccio's Decameron, The Arabian Nights and the Diwan Hafez. Payne once said that Hafez, Dante and Shakespeare were the three greatest poets of the world.

John Payne translations of the Arabian Nights include appended editions. There were 9 original works, then 3 more in a group, then 3 different releases of individual works.
For example:
Volume 4 of 9 is the same as Volume 4 of 12 and Volume 4 of 15; Volume 10 of 12 is the same as Volume 10 of 13 and 10 of 15.

Books from John Payne

One Thousand and One Nights: Complete Arabian Nights Collection

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume 3 of 9

3.7/5 ( ratings)

StoryHack Action & Adventure, Issue Six

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 2 of 9

3.2/5 ( ratings)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 8 of 9

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 4 of 9

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp: A Classic Folktale from the ‘Arabian Nights’

2.6/5 ( ratings)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 6 of 9

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 9 of 9

The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume 4 of 9

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Portrait of a Villain

Songs of life and death

The imitation of Christ

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 10 of 12

Framing the Nineteenth Century: Picture Frames 1837-1935

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Volume 2 of 9

Sundry Ballades

To the Shores of Tripoli [VHS]

Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03

100 Timeless Stories for Middle School and High School