Ḥanno, Sulayman (1918–200?) [Syr. Orth.]

He was born in Arkaḥ and studied Syriac at the village school. In 1946, he migrated to Syria where he taught at Gharkishamo, Qubūr al-Bīḍ, and Qamishli. In 1962 he taught at the Monastery of Mor Gabriel where he was ordained a deacon, then a priest in 1963 for Arkaḥ, Arbo, and Kafro. In 1965 he served in Qubūr al-Bīḍ.

He wrote a book on the massacres of Ṭur ʿAbdin titled Gunḥe (Glane, 1987), and composed poems. He translated from Arabic into Syriac verse Afram Barsoum’s Qīthār al-Qulūb (a collection of poems) (1969), and from Kurdish Shemʿun II of Beth Manʿem’s poem Lawij.

Sources

  • Macuch, Geschichte, 469.
  • Munūfar Barṣūm, Aḍwāʾ, 138–41.

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