Yuḥanon Qashisho (1918–2001) [Syr. Orth.]

He was born in Azekh and immigrated to Qamishli where he studied Syriac under George Māʿilo. He taught in Aleppo, then lived in Bethlehem where his father was a priest. In 1948 he went to Syria where he taught, and worked in journalism. In 1970 he immigrated to Sweden.

His writings include: 1. Readers in seven parts which were published in Qamishli, and an intermediary primer with Sulayman Ḥanno. 2. A reader in 3 parts titled Ṣafro ṭobo (Sweden, 1983). 3. Two pocket dictionaries, one Syriac-Swedish, and the other Swedish-Syriac (I  have no publication information). 4. A number of short stories for juveniles (1982, 1983). 5. He wrote over 200 poems many of which are published in various periodicals, especially Ḥuyada, and in a collection titled Simto d-mimre w-mušḥoto (1993).

Sources

  • Abūna, Adab, 577.
  • Munūfar Barṣūm, Aḍwāʾ, 142–4.

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