Arabic-L:LIT:Bruno Meissner query

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Date:  07 May 2002
From:Srpko Lestaric <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:Bruno Meissner query

Hi all,
 
In order to make a suitable forword to my translation of that colorful 
bundle of the so-called obscene tales in Bruno Meissner's (1868 - 1947) 
Neuarabische Geschichten aus dem Iraq -- gesammelt, uebersetzt, 
herausgegeben und mit einem erweitertern Glossar versehen. Leipzig, 
1903, I am trying to gather some data on author.
 
Britannica says nothing. Nothing on Web either, acc. to my search, save 
for a few book titles.
 
So, could anyone tell me (directly, if it'd be too heavy burdon to the 
List):
1-Where and what Meissner studied? (He was asyrologist, well, but his 
knowledge of the local contemporary Arabic dialect was obviously 
profound.)
2-For how long Meissner stayed on digging in Babilon and in what year(s) 
exactly (the time he has been compiling these anecdotes).
3-Has the compilation been translated to any other languages (having in 
view that he himself supplied a pedant German translation, I'd bet on 
French and Russian, but I'd need positive answers).
4-Meissner's whereabouts from the thirties on.
5-Author's photo (BMP or TIFF preferred) would do no harm.
 
TIA,
Srpko Lestaric

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