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290 years ago today, British journalist and writer Daniel Defoe passed away..
After the Bible, the book Robinson Crusoe written by him is among the works that have been translated in the most languages in the world.
There is also an interesting story behind this:
While writing his famous novel 'Robinson Crusoe', Daniel Defoe was inspired by Avicenna's 'Hay Bin Yakzan' (the world's first Islamic) novel.
The interesting part is this: Although 'Robinson Crusoe' has been translated into all languages and many times into Turkish, the book of our Islamic scholar, 'Hay Bin Yakzan', which is the main subject of the story, was not even heard of, but was brought into our Turkish language in 1923, and it waited until 1985 to be published as a book.
Unfortunately, the Islamic world did not give the value it deserved to 'Hay Bin Yakzan', which was translated from its Greek origin into Arabic in the 9th century.
On the other hand, 'Robinson Crusoe' is world famous and remembered as a work that made Daniel Defoe immortal... #Death24Nisan1731🏴
Recommended Reading: Hay bin Yakzan, İbn-i Sina