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A Remarkable Aerial Voyage and Discovery of a New Planet [Kort verhaal van
eene aanmerklijke luchtreis en nieuwe planeetontdekking]
Bilderdijk, Willem (Europe & North America, Netherlands)
Introduction by Paul Vincent; afterword by Luk de Vos
Original language : Dutch; Flemish
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Paul Vincent
UNESCO/Wilfion Books, 1987. 88 p.
Novel
A Tagore Reader
Tagore, Rabindranath (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Reprinted by Beacon Press/UNESCO, 1966
Edited by Amiya Chakravarty
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Amiya Chakravarty
Macmillan/UNESCO, 1961. xiv + 401 p., facs., illus.
Play, poetry, prose
Adán Buenosayres
Marechal, Leopoldo (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Preface by Julio Cortázar
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Patrice Toulat
Bernard Grasset/UNESCO, 1995. 610 p.
Novel
Al-munadulugiya
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (Europe & North America, Germany)
Trans. from the French [La monadologie] by Albert Nasri Nader. Reprinted 1965
Published language(s) : Arabic
Commission libanaise pour la traduction des chefs-d'oeuvre/UNESCO, 1956.
xxxv + 72 p.
Philosophy
Amita
Yashpal (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Corinne Friend
Arnold Heinemann/UNESCO, 1977. 208 p.
History, novel
An Anthology
Hedayat, Sadeq (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Edited by Ehsan Yarshater
An Anthology
Sunthorn Phu (Asia & the Pacific, Thailand)
Original language : Thai
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Montri Umavijani
Office of National Culture Commission/UNESCO, 1990. 88 p.
Poetry
Angoisse [Angústia]
Ramos, Graciliano (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Geneviève Leibrich - Nicole Biros
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1992
Novel
Anthology of Sorbian Poetry from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day.
A Rock Against These Alien Waves
Europe & North America, Germany
Edited by Robert Elsie
Original language : Serbian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Robert Elsie
Forest Books/UNESCO, 1990. 84 p.
Poetry
Antología poética
Seferis, George (Europe & North America, Greece)
Selection and introduction by P. Ignacio Vicuña
Original language : Greek, Modern (1453-)
Published language(s) : Spanish
Translated by P. Ignacio Vicuña
UNESCO/Visor, 1989. 205 p.
Poetry
As-siyasiyyat [Politica]
Aristote (Europe & North America, Greece)
Introduction and notes by Augustin Barbara
Reprinted 1980
Original language : Greek, Modern (1453-)
Published language(s) : Arabic
Translated by Augustin Barbara
Commission libanaise pour la traduction des chefs-d'oeuvre/UNESCO, 1957. 574
p.
Philosophy
Asl ut-taf awut baïn an-nas [Origine de l'inégalité parmi les hommes]
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Europe & North America, France)
Reprinted by Commission libanaise pour la traduction des chefs-
d’œuvre/UNESCO, 1972
Atheis
Mihardja, Achdiat (Asia & the Pacific, Indonesia)
Original language : Indonesian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by R. J. Maguire
UNESCO/University of Queensland Press, 1972. 180 p.
Novel
Atipa
Parepou, Alfred (Latin America & the Caribbean, French Guiana)
Introduction by Lambert Félix Prudent
Original language : Creole
Published language(s) : French - Creole
Translated by Michel Lohier
Editions caribéennes/UNESCO, 1980. 128 p.
Novel
Au-delà du Nil
Hussein, Taha (Arab States, Egypt)
reprinted
Edited by Jacques Berque
Original language : Arabic
Bandarshah
Salih, Tayeb (Arab States, Sudan)
Notes by Denys Johnson-Davies
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies
Kegan Paul International/UNESCO, 1996. 126 p.
Novel
Bengalische Erzählungen
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Asit Datta - M. Feldsieper
Reclam Jun./UNESCO, 1971. 103 p.
Short stories
Botchan
Natsume, Soseki (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Alan Turney
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1973. 163 p.
Novel
Buddhist Suttas
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Pali
Published language(s) : English
Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids
Motilal Banarsidass/UNESCO, 1968. xlviii + 320 p.
Philosophy, religion
Burmese Proverbs
Asia & the Pacific, Myanmar
Original language : Burmese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Hla Pe
Grove Press/John Murray/UNESCO, 1962. ix + 114 p.
Folk-tale, legend
Carnet de femme
Al'Othman, Layla (Arab States, Lebanon)
Original language : Arabic
Chants à Kali
Ramprasad (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction and notes by Michèle Lupsa
Edited by Jean Filliozat
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Michèle Lupsa
Les Belles Lettres/UNESCO, 1982. 303 p.
Poetry
Chants-poèmes des monts et des eaux. Anthologie des littératures orales des
ethnies du Viêtnam
Asia & the Pacific, Viet Nam
Translated and adapted by Mireille Gansel ; foreword by Georges Condominas
Original language : Vietnamese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Mireille Gansel
Sudestasie/UNESCO, 1994. 406
Oral tradition, poetry
Chemmeen
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction by Santha Rama Rau
Original language : Malayalam
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Narayana Menon
Gollancz/UNESCO, 1962. ix + 228 p.
Novel
Childhood [Infáncia]
Ramos, Graciliano (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Introduction by Ashley Brown
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Celso de Oliveira
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1979. 174 p.
Novel
Chiquinho
Lopes, Baltasar (Africa, Cape Verde)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Michel Laban
Actes Sud/UNESCO, 1990. 253 p.
Novel
Choix de nouvelles
Djamalzadeh, Mohammad-Ali (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Introduction by Henri Massé
Edited by André Chamson
Original language : Persian
Choix de poèmes
Ady, Endre (Europe & North America, Hungary)
Introduction by György Rónay
Edited by Eugène Guillevic; László Gara
Original language : Hungarian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Multiple translators
Seghers/UNESCO, 1967. 192
Poetry
Choix de poèmes
Chevtchenko, Tarass (Europe & North America, Ukraine)
Introduction by Alexandre Deitch and Maxime Rylski
Edited by Eugène Guillevic
Original language : Ukrainian
Published language(s) : French
Seghers/UNESCO, 1964. 180
Poetry
Choix de poèmes
Grimsson, Stefan Hördur (Europe & North America, Iceland)
Introduction by Régis Boyer
Original language : Icelandic
Published language(s) : French - Icelandic
Translated by Régis Boyer
La Barbacane/UNESCO, 1996. 170 p.
Poetry
Chronique du chercheur/Tarikh-el-Fettach
Mahmoud Kati Ben El-Hadj El-Motaouakkel Kati (Arab States)
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : Arabic - French
Translated by M. Delafosse - O. Houdas
Comédies
Akhundov, Mirza Fath-Ali (Europe & North America, Azerbaijan)
Foreword by F. Kasimzade
Original language : Azerbaijani
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Louis Bazin
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1967. 265
Theater
Configurations
Paz, Octavio (Latin America & the Caribbean, Mexico)
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : English
Translated by M. Rukeyser
Jonathan Cape/UNESCO, 1970
Poetry
Constantino Cavafis
Cavafis, Constantino (Europe & North America, Greece)
Published language(s) : Spanish
Litoral/UNESCO, 1999. 184 p.
Poetry
Contes [Cuentos]
Unamuno, Miguel de (Europe & North America, Spain)
Original language : Spanish
Cygne [Balâkâ]
Tagore, Rabindranath (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Kàlidàs Nàg - Pierre-Jean Jouve
Stock/UNESCO, 1961. 157 p.
Poetry
Céramiques [Ceramicà]
Sorescu, Marin (Europe & North America, Romania)
Preface by Nicolae Balota
Original language : Romanian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Françoise Cayla
Saint-Germain-des-Prés/UNESCO, 1984. 186 p.
Poetry
Daredevils of Sassoun
Europe & North America, Armenia
Illus. by Paul Sagsoorian
Reprinted by Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1966
Original language : Armenian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Leon Surmelian
Alan Swallow/UNESCO, 1965. 256 p.
Epic
David de Sassoun
Europe & North America, Armenia
Introduced and annotated by Frédéric Feydit ; foreword by Joseph Orbéli
reprinted in the coll. "Connaissance de l'Orient"
Original language : Armenian
De America
Montaigne, Michel de (Europe & North America, France)
Preface by Ruggiero Romano
Original language : French
Published language(s) : French
UNESCO/Utz, 1991. 140 p.
Essay
Der Herr von Sin-Ling. Reden aus dem Chan-Kuao-Tsé und Biographien aus
dem Shi-Ki
Asia & the Pacific, China
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Erich Haenisch
Reclam Jun./UNESCO, 1965. 79 p.
Biography/memoirs
Diwan [Diwan]
Hafez, Mohammad Shamsoddin (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : Japanese
Translated by T. Kuroyanagi
Heibonsha/UNESCO, 1977. 407 p.
Poetry
Diwan. Poetas de lenguas africanas Tomo I (Siglo IX-XIX) et Tomo II (Siglo XX)
Africa
Selection, prologue and notes by Rogelio Martínez Furé
482 p. and 462 p.
Original language : multilingual
Published language(s) : Spanish
Translated by Rogelio Martínez Furé
Dolly City
Castel-Bloom, Orly (Europe & North America, Israel)
Original language : Hebrew
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Dalya Bilu
Loki Books/UNESCO, 1997. 182 p.
Novel
El Dorado [The Discovery of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empire of Guiana,
with a Relation of the Great and Golden City of Manoa (wich the Spaniards
call El Dorado), Performed in the Year 1595]
Raleigh, Sir Walter (Europe & North America, United Kingdom)
Edited by A. Cioranescu; R. Schomburgk
Original language : English
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jacques Chabert
UNESCO/Utz, 1993. 252 p., ill., maps
Theater
El árbol de la cruz
Asturias, Miguel Ángel (Latin America & the Caribbean, Guatemala)
Facsimile of an unpublished manuscript established by Aline Janquart et Amos
Segala
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Spanish
Colección Archivos/UNESCO, 1993. 330 p.
Essay
Enriquillo
Galván, Manuel de Jesús (Latin America & the Caribbean, Dominican Republic)
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Marcelle Auclair
Nagel/UNESCO, 1952. 383 p.
Novel
Escritos
Nehru, Jawaharlal (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : English
Published language(s) : Spanish
Translated by Luisa Futoransky
Litoral/UNESCO, 1991. 267 p., ill.
History, philosophy, religion
Eyrbyggja Saga
Europe & North America, Iceland
Original language : Icelandic
Published language(s) : English
Translated by H. Pálsson - P. Edwards
UNESCO/University of Toronto Press, 1973. 198 p.
Folk-tale, legend
Facundo
Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Edited by E. Susana Speratti Piñero
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Marcel Bataillon
La Table Ronde/UNESCO, 1964. viii + 261 p.
Epic
Feuer und Eis. Anthologie mit Beiträgen von Autoren aus den
Entwicklungsländern
Europe & North America, Germany
Edited by Lev Detela; Wolfgang Mayer
Original language : German
Published language(s) : German
UNESCO/Verlag der Zeitschrift für Internationale Literatur Log, 1989. 142 p.
Poetry
Foam upon the Stream. A Japanese Elegy [Malagiya Ätto & Malavunge
Avurudu Da]
Sarachchandra, Ediriwira (Asia & the Pacific, Sri Lanka)
Original language : Sinhalese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Sarachchandra, Ediriwira
Heinemann/UNESCO, 1987. 190 p.
Short stories
From the Soul of Nomads: Proverbs and Sayings of the Somalis/Murtidu Waa
Hodantinnimo: Maahmaahyada iyo Oraahda Soomaaliyeed /Aus der Seele der
Hirten: Sprichwörter und Spruchweisheiten der Somali
Arab States, Somalia
Collected by Abdurahman H. H. Aden in collaboration with Irene Aden. Trans.
from the Somali; English version by Cristina Krippahl; German editing by Jörg
Berchem.
Original language : Somali
Published language(s) : English - German - Somali
Omimee International Publishers/UNESCO, 1995. 159 p.
Oral tradition
Futon. Nouvelles
Kataï, Tayama (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Amina Okada
Publications orientalistes de France/UNESCO, 1986. 134 p.
Short stories
Gemmo [Cemo]
Bilbasar, Kemal (Europe & North America, Turkey)
Original language : Turkish
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Esin B. Rey - Mariana Fitzpatrick
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1976. 223 p.
Novel
Gora
Tagore, Rabindranath (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Marguerite Gloz - Pierre Fallon
Laffont/UNESCO, 1961. 524 p.
Novel
Grammatica o arte de la lengua general de los indios de los reynos del Perú
Santo Tomás, Fray Domingo de (Latin America & the Caribbean, Peru)
Introduction and transliteration by Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino
Facsimile edition
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Spanish
Gîta-Govinda
Jayadeva (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction by Jean Varenne
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jean Varenne
Editions du Rocher/UNESCO, 1991. 205 p.
Poetry
Göngu-Hrolfs Saga
Europe & North America, Iceland
Original language : Icelandic
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Hermann Pálsson - Paul Edwards
Canongate/UNESCO, 1980. 128 p.
Epic, folk-tale, legend
Homecoming [Kikyo]
Osaragi, Jiro (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Introduction by Harold Strauss
Reprinted 1980
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Brewster Horwitz
Charles E. Tuttle/UNESCO, 1973. 303 p.
Novel
Horloge à jaquemart
Banus, Maria (Europe & North America, Romania)
Foreword by Alain Bosquet
Original language : Romanian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Alain Bosquet - Andrée Fleury - Annie Bentoiu - Claude Sernet -
Eugène Guillevic - Maria Banus
Saint-Germain-des-Prés/UNESCO, 1987. 254
Poetry
Howlin' Marie
Andersen, Maria (Europe & North America, Denmark)
Original language : Danish
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Elin Elgaard
Penumbra Press/UNESCO, 1985. 140 p.
Biography/memoirs
Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology. A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan
[Kyounshu]
Ikkyu, So-Jun (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Introduction by Sonja Arntzen; foreword by Shuichi Kato
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Sonja Arntzen
UNESCO/University of Tokyo Press, 1985. 197 p.
Poetry
Ion
Rebreanu, Liviu (Europe & North America, Romania)
Original language : Romanian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by A. Hillard
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1965. 410 p.
Novel
Iphigénie [Ifigenia]
Parra, Teresa de la (Latin America & the Caribbean, Venezuela)
Preface by Maria Poumier
reprinted
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Yves Coleman
Indigo & Côté-femmes Editions/UNESCO, 1995. 441 p.
Novel
It's Only Spring and Thirteen Years [Zhe buguo shi chuntian. Shisan nian]
Li Jianwu (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Afterword and notes by Tony Hyder
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Tony Hyder
Bamboo Publishing/UNESCO, 1989. 159 p.
Play
Izumo Fudoki
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Introduction by Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki
Sophia University/UNESCO, 1971. 173 p.
History, religion
Jaina Sutras
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Prakrit languages - Sanskrit
Translated by H. Jacobi
Motilal Banarsidass/UNESCO, 1968. 2 vols.
Philosophy, religion
Javid-Nama
Iqbal, Mohammad (Asia & the Pacific, Pakistan)
Introduction and notes by A. J. Arberry
Reprinted by Hillary House/UNESCO, 1966
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by A. J. Arberry
Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1966. 151 p.
Philosophy, poetry
Jnaneshvari [Bhavarthadipika]
Asia & the Pacific, India
Introduction by H. M. Lambert. Incorporating the text of the Bhagavad Gita trans.
by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Reprinted by Blackie & Son Publishers/UNESCO, 1979
Edited by H. M. Lambert
Original language : Marathi
Published language(s) : English
Translated by V. G. Pradhan
Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1967. 2 vols.
Philosophy, religion
Kafu the Scribbler: The Life and Writings of Nagai Kafu (1879-1959). The
River Sumida [Sumida Gawa and Other Stories]
Nagaï, Kafû (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Biography by E. Seindensticker
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Stanford University Press/UNESCO, 1968. vi + 360 p., illus.
Biography/memoirs, short stories
Kamayani
Shankar Prasad, Jay (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Preface by Nicole Balbir; introduction and commentaries by J. K. Balbir; foreword
by J. S. Prasad
Allegorical epic in modern Hindi
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jagbans Kishore Balbir
Langues & Mondes/UNESCO, 1997. 258 p.
Epic
Kavitavali
Tulsi Das (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Critical introduction by F. R. Allchin
Reprinted by A. S. Barnes/UNESCO, 1966
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : English
Translated by F. R. Allchin
Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1964. 229 p., illus.
Poetry
Kokoro
Natsume, Soseki (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Foreword by Edwin McClellan
Reprinted by Charles E. Tuttle/UNESCO, 1971
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Edwin McClellan
Henry Regnery/UNESCO, 1957. 248 p.
Novel
Krisis Kebebasan
Camus, Albert (Europe & North America, France)
Introduction by Goenawan Mohamad
Original language : French
Published language(s) : Indonesian
Translated by Edhi Martono
UNESCO/Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 1988. 135 p.
Essay
Két szerelem
Faiz, Ahmed Faiz (Asia & the Pacific, Pakistan)
Original Urdu; trans. by Garai Gábor from the English version by V. G. Kiernan
Original language : Urdu
Published language(s) : Hungarian
Translated by Garai Gábor
Európa Könyvkiadó/UNESCO, 1979. 76 p.
Poetry
L'antre aux fantômes des collines de l'Ouest. Sept contes chinois anciens
(XIIe - XIVe siècle)
author(s) unknown (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Chinese tales from the King-pen t'song-sou siao-chouo. Foreword, notes and
commentaries by André Lévy.
reprinted
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by André Lévy - René Goldman
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1972. 176
Tales
L'art et la vie
Czapski Joseph (Europe & North America, Poland)
Selection and preface by Wojciech Karpinski
Original language : Polish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Julia Jurys - Lieba Hauben - Thérèse Douchy
L'Age d'Homme/UNESCO, 2002. 320 p.
Biography/memoirs
L'inquiétude du Coeur
Rufus, Milan (Europe & North America, Slovakia)
Introduction by Yves Bergeret
Original language : Slovak
Published language(s) : French - Slovak
Translated by Arlette Cornevin
La Différence/Le fleuve et l'écho/UNESCO, 2002. 192 p.
Poetry
L'étranger [Yaban]
Karaosmanoglu, Yakup Kadri (Europe & North America, Turkey)
Preface by Nedim Gürsel
Original language : Turkish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Ferda Fidan
Cent Pages/UNESCO, 1989. 215 p.
Novel
La Divina Commedia
Dante Alighieri (Europe & North America, Italy)
Original language : Italian
Published language(s) : Arabic
Translated by Kadhim Jihad
Arab Institute for Research and Publishing/UNESCO, 2002. 1036 p.
Poetry
La Quête en épouse, The Quest for a Wife, une épopée palawan chantée par
Mäsinu
Asia & the Pacific, Philippines
Preface by Jean Leclant
Palawan text transcribed and translated into French by Nicole Revel
Original language : Palauan
Published language(s) : English - French - Palauan
Translated by Nicole Revel - Patricia Railing
L'Asiathèque/UNESCO, 2000. 432 p. + CD
Epic
La mission d'Ibiapaba
Le droit des Indiens; Le père António Vieira (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Essay and notes by João Viegas; preface by Eduardo Lourenço
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by João Viegas
Chandeigne/UNESCO, 1998. 240 p.
Chronicle
La postmodernité au Brésil
Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil
Drawings and illustrations by Lena Bersgtein
Edited by Dionysio Toledo
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Multiple translators
CREPAL-Université Paris III/Chemins Scabreux/UNESCO, 1998. 210 p.
Essay
La poupée [Lalka]
Prus, Boleslaw (Europe & North America, Poland)
Preface by Jean Fabre
Original language : Polish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Michel Marcq - Simone Deligne - Wenceslas Godlewski
Editions mondiales/UNESCO, 1962. 3 vol.
Novel
La poésie arabe
Arab States
Selection and preface by René R. Khawam
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : French
Translated by René R. Khawam
Seghers/UNESCO, 1960. 282 p., ill.
Poetry
La tombe [Fen]
Luxun (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Michelle Loi
Acropole/UNESCO, 1981. 348 p.
Short stories
Ureña, Pedro Henríquez (Latin America & the Caribbean, Dominican Republic)
Introduction by Anna Housková
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Polish - Spanish
Translated by Marzena Adamczyk
CESLA/UNESCO, 1995. 50 p.
Essay
La vérité du mensonge
Orbeliani, Soulkhan-Saba (Europe & North America, Georgia)
Preface by Gaston Bouatchidzé; illustrations by Lado Goudiachvili
Original language : Georgian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Gaston Bouatchidzé
Publications orientalistes de France/UNESCO, 1984. 238 p.
Folk-tale
Land
Park, Kyong-ni (Asia & the Pacific, Korea, Republic Of)
Later Poems
Tagore, Rabindranath (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Aurobindo Bose
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1974. 142 p.
Poetry
Le Ramayan
Tulsi-das (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Charlotte Vaudeville
Les Belles Lettres/UNESCO, 1977. 211 p.
Poetry
Le barrage [As-Sudd]
Messadi, Mahmoud (Arab States, Tunisia)
Introduction by Azzedine Guellouz; preface by Jacques Berque
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Azzedine Guellouz
Editions Arcantère/UNESCO, 1994. 171 p.
Philosophy, play
Le bel épouvantail
Mileva, Leda (Europe & North America, Bulgaria)
Original language : Bulgarian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jordanka Bossolova
Saint-Germain-des-Prés/UNESCO, 1979. 60 p.
Poetry
Le dieu volé
Sionil José, Francisco (Asia & the Pacific, Philippines)
Original language : English
Le divan
Emre, Younous (Europe & North America, Turkey)
Foreword by Yves Régnier
Original language : Turkish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Yves Régnier
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1963. 127
Poetry
Le golfe et le fleuve
As-Sayyâb, Badr Châker (Arab States, Iraq)
Edited by André Miquel
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : French
Translated by André Miquel
Sindbad/UNESCO, 1977. 94
Poetry
Le hachereau [Baltagul]
Sadoveanu, Mihail (Europe & North America, Romania)
Introduction by Pierre Abraham
Original language : Romanian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by A. Duiliu Zamfiresco
Editions mondiales/UNESCO, 1965. 244 p.
Novel
Le miroir de l'autre
József, Attila (Europe & North America, Hungary)
Selection and introduction by Gábor Kardos
Original language : Hungarian
Published language(s) : French - Hungarian
Translated by Gábor Kardos
La Différence/Orphée/UNESCO, 1997. 194 p.
Poetry
Le mulâtre [O mulato]
Azevedo, Aluizio (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Foreword, notes and glossary by Michel Simon
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Manoel Gahisto
Plon/UNESCO, 1961. 326
Novel
Le navire
Jabrâ, Jabrâ Ibrâhîm (Arab States, Palestinian Territory, Occupied)
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jamal Chehayed - Michel Buresi
Arcantère/UNESCO, 1997. 220 p.
Novel
reprinted
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Georges Bonneau - Horiguchi Diagaku
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1957. 308 p.
Novel
Alézaïs
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jacqueline Alézais - Li Tche-houa
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1981. 2 vol.
Novel
Le rêve du papillon
Pham, Quat Xa (Asia & the Pacific, Viet Nam)
Published language(s) : French
Editions Sudestasie/UNESCO, 1997. 267 p.
Novel
Le saule aux dix mille rameaux [Le Saule aux dix mille rameaux]
Asia & the Pacific, Korea, Republic Of
Original language : Korean
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jean-François Baron - OK-sung Ann-Baron
Langues & Mondes L'Asiathèque, 2005. 540
Poetry
Le signe de patience et autres pièces du théâtre des Yuan [Jen Tseu Ki, K'an
Ts'ien Nou, P'o Kia Tseu Ti]
Tcheng T'ing Yu; Ts'in Kien-Fou (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Introduction and notes by Li Tche-houa
reprinted
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Li Tche-houa
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1964. 380 p.
Play
Les Maia
Eça de Queiros, José Maria (Europe & North America, Portugal)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Paul Teyssier
Editions Chandeigne/UNESCO, 1996. 797
Novel
Les tambours noirs. La saga du nègre brésilien [Os tambores de São Luis]
Montello, Josué (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jacques Thiériot - Marie-Pierre Mazeas - Monique Le Moing
Flammarion/UNESCO, 1987. 515 p.
Novel
Lettres de Raden Adjeng Kartini. Jawa en 1900 [Door duisternis tot licht]
Kartini, Raden Adjeng (Asia & the Pacific, Indonesia)
Selection by Louis-Charles Damais; introduction and notes by Jeanne Cuisinier;
preface by Louis Massignon
Original language : Dutch; Flemish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Louis-Charles Damais
Mouton/UNESCO, 1960. 149 p.
Correspondence
Lillelord
Borgen, Johan (Europe & North America, Norway)
reprinted
Original language : Norwegian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Eric Eydoux
Actes Sud/UNESCO, 1985. 426
Novel
Love Poems/Sujanhit
Ghananand (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : English
Translated by K. P. Bahadur
Motilal Barnasidass/UNESCO, 1977. 202 p.
Poetry
Love and War. Adventures from the Firuz Shah Nama of Sheikh Bighami
Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by William L. Hanaway Jr
Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints/UNESCO, 1974. 208 p.
Epic
reprinted
Original language : Italian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Michel Arnaud
Plon/UNESCO, 1960. xxxvii + 339 p.
Novel
Major Plays
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Donald Keene
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1961. xvi + 485 p., illus.
Play
Major Works
Kukai (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Yoshito S. Hakeda
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1972. 303 p.
Philosophy
Man. Yôshû
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Introduced and commented by René Sieffert
Vol. I, books I to III, Vol. II, books IV to VI. (1997, 402 p.; 1998, 380 p.)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by René Sieffert
POF/UNESCO, 1997. 2 vol.
Poetry
Manichaean Literature
Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Selected and introduced by Jes P. Asmussen
Reprinted 1977
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Jes P. Asmussen
Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints/UNESCO, 1975. 148 p.
Philosophy, religion
Martin Fierro
Hernández, José (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Introduction and notes by Paul Verdevoye
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Paul Verdevoye
Nagel/UNESCO, 1955. 270 p.
Poetry
María
Isaacs, Jorge (Latin America & the Caribbean, Colombia)
Preface by Edmond Vandercammen
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Mathilde Pomès
Plon/UNESCO, 1959. 283 p.
Novel
Melog [Melog]
Morgan, Mihangel (Europe & North America, United Kingdom)
Original language : Welsh
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Meredith Christopher
Seren (Poetry Wales Press Ltd), 2005. 240
Novel
Mencius
Mencius (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Arranged and annotated by W. A. C. H. Dobson
Reprinted by University of Toronto Press/UNESCO, 1966
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by W. A. C. H. Dobson
Oxford University Press/UNESCO, 1963. xviii + 215 p.
Philosophy
Message/Mensagem
Pessoa, Fernando (Europe & North America, Portugal)
Preface by José Augusto Seabra; bibliography by José Blanco
reprinted
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French - Portuguese
Translated by Bernard Sesé
José Corti/UNESCO, 1988. 171 p.
Poetry
Translated by W. L. Idema
Meulenhoff/UNESCO, 1984. 384 p.
Folk-tale, poetry
Mon
Natsume, Soseki (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Reprinted by Charles E. Tuttle/UNESCO, 1973
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by F. Mathy
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1972. 217 p.
Novel
Naufrage en Patagonie
Byron, John (Europe & North America, United Kingdom)
[The Narrative of the honorourable John Byron, commodore in a late expedition
round the world, containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself
and his companions on the coasts of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their
arrival in Engla
Original language : English
Published language(s) : French
Translated by André-Samuel Cantwell
Editions Utz/UNESCO, 1994. 173
Travelogue
Nineteen Poems
Vaptsarov, Nikola (Europe & North America, Bulgaria)
Illus. by Roumen Skorchev; introductory poem by Yannis Ritsos
Original language : Bulgarian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Ewald Osers
Journeyman/UNESCO, 1984. 69 p.
Poetry
Nippon. Erzählungen
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Monique Humbert
Diogenes Verlag/UNESCO, 1965. 564 p.
Short stories
Nouvelles 1945-1982
Cortázár, Julio (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Foreword by Mario Vargas Llosa
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Françoise Campo-Timal - Françoise Rosset - Laure Guille-Bataillon
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1993. 1030 (édition intégrale)
Short stories
Nouvelles grecques
Europe & North America, Greece
Selection and introduction by Octave Merlier
Original language : Greek, Modern (1453-)
Published language(s) : French
Nouvelles slovènes
Europe & North America, Yugoslavia
Preface by Mitja Mejak; biographies by Zlata Cognard
Original language : Slovenian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Multiple translators
Seghers/UNESCO, 1969. 326 p.
Short stories
Nô et kyôgen
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Edited by René Sieffert
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by René Sieffert
Publications orientalistes de France/UNESCO, 1979. 2 vol.
Play
O Disciple!/Ayyuha l-walad
Al-Ghazali (Abu Hamid Muhammad) (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : Arabic - English
Translated by George H. Scherer
Lebanese Commission for the Translation of Great Works/UNESCO, 1951. xxvi
+ 28 p. + 30 p.
Philosophy, religion
O Jeune homme/Ayyuha-I-walad
Al-Ghazali (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Foreword by Georges H. Sherer
reprinted
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : Arabic - French
Translated by Toufic Sabbagh
Commission libanaise pour la traduction des chefs-d'oeuvre/UNESCO, 1951
Philosophy, religion
Obra crítica/1
Cortázár, Julio (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Selection and introduction by Saúl Yurkievich
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Spanish
Alfaguara/UNESCO, 1994. 137 p.
Literary criticism
Obra crítica/2
Cortázár, Julio (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Selection and introduction by Jaime Alazraki
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Spanish
Alfaguara/UNESCO, 1994. 385 p.
Literary criticism
Obra crítica/3
Cortázár, Julio (Latin America & the Caribbean, Argentina)
Selection and introduction by Saúl Sosnowski
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Spanish
Alfaguara/UNESCO, 1994. 361 p.
Literary criticism
Oeuvre complète
Tchouang-Tseu (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Reprinted. also printed in : Le Taoïsme. Paris, Gallimard/UNESCO, 1992, p. 115-
471.
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Liou Kia-hway
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1969. 388 p.
Philosophy, religion
Oeuvres
Asunción Silva, José (Latin America & the Caribbean, Colombia)
Forewords by Gabriel García Márquez and Alvaro Mutis
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Claire Pailler - Jacques Gilard
ALLCA XX/CNRS/Stock/UNESCO, 1996. 516
Poetry
Oeuvres choisies
Montalvo, Juan (Latin America & the Caribbean, Ecuador)
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Gabriel Judde
L'Harmattan/UNESCO, 1997. 309 p.
Chronicle, history
Ongrijpbaar is de Ganges
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Pali
Published language(s) : Dutch; Flemish
Translated by Tonny Scherft
Meulenhoff/UNESCO, 1981. 230 p.
Folk-tale, religion
Pages choisies
Martí, José (Latin America & the Caribbean, Cuba)
Preface by Max Daireaux
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by José Carner - Max Daireaux - Émile Noulet
Nagel/UNESCO, 1953. 399 p.
Poetry
Pastorales [Soûr-Sâgar]
Soûr-das (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction, notes and glossary by Charlotte Vaudeville
reprinted
Original language : Braj
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Charlotte Vaudeville
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1971. 208 p.
Poetry
Pañcatantra
Asia & the Pacific, India
Notes by Édouard Lancereau; introduction by Louis Renou
reprinted
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Édouard Lancereau
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1965. 383 p.
Legend
Phantasies of a Love-chief/Caucapancasika
Bilhana (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : English - Sanskrit
Poems
Poems
Bhartrihari (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1967. xxix + 156 p.
Poetry
Poems by Faiz
Faiz, Ahmed Faiz (Asia & the Pacific, Pakistan)
Introduction and notes by V. G. Kiernan
Reprinted by Vanguard Books/South Publications/UNESCO, 1973
Original language : Urdu
Published language(s) : English - Urdu
Translated by V. G. Kiernan
Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1971. 288 p.
Poetry
Poems of Love and War. From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems
of Classical Tamil
Asia & the Pacific, India
Selected by A. K. Ramanujan
Original language : Tamil
Published language(s) : English
Translated by A. K. Ramanujan
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1985. 338 p.
Poetry
Poems of Solitude: Juan Chi, Pao Chao, Wang Wei, P'ei Ti, Li Ho and Li Yü
Asia & the Pacific, China
Reprinted by Lund Humphries/UNESCO, 1970
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Jerome Ch'ên - Michael Bullock
Abelard-Schuman/UNESCO, 1960. 119 p., illus.
Poetry
Poèmes
Faiz, Ahmed Faiz (Asia & the Pacific, Pakistan)
Introduction by Laiq Babree
Original language : Urdu
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Laiq Babree
Seghers/UNESCO, 1979. 119
Poetry
Poèmes
Petöfi, Sándor (Europe & North America, Hungary)
Edited by J. Rousselot
Poèmes
Rifbjerg, Klaus (Europe & North America, Denmark)
Introduction by Régis Boyer
Original language : Danish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Régis Boyer
Seghers/UNESCO, 1980. 129 p.
Poetry
Poèmes choisis
Pannonius, Janus (Europe & North America, Hungary)
Selection, preface and notes by Tibor Kardos
Original language : Hungarian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jean Rousselot - Michel Manoll - Paul Chaulot
Editions Corvina/UNESCO, 1973. 135 p.
Poetry
Poèmes choisis
Salamun, Tomaz (Europe & North America, Slovenia)
Preface by Jacques Roubaud
Original language : Slovenian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Mireille Robin - Zdenka Stimac
Editions Est-Ouest Internationales/UNESCO, 1994. 101 p.
Poetry
Poèmes de Turkménie
Makhtoumkouli Firaqui (Asia & the Pacific, Turkmenistan)
Original language : Turkmen
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Louis Bazin - Pertev Boratav
Publications orientalistes de France/UNESCO, 1975. 131 p.
Poetry
Poésie du Mexique
Latin America & the Caribbean, Mexico
Poésie totale
Aleixandre, Vicente (Europe & North America, Spain)
Foreword by Roger Noël-Mayer
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Roger Noël-Mayer
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1977. 252
Poetry
Poésies
Pascoli, Giovanni (Europe & North America, Italy)
Preface by Edmond Barincou
Original language : Italian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Edmond Barincou
Librairie Didier/UNESCO, 1965. 190 p., ill.
Poetry
Poésies
Silva, José Asunción (Latin America & the Caribbean, Colombia)
Foreword by Fernando Ainsa
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French - Spanish
Printemps de cendre
Tamer, Zakarya (Arab States, Syrian Arab Republic)
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Claude Krul-Attinger
Publications orientalistes de France/UNESCO, 1982. 147 p.
Short stories
Puranas
Asia & the Pacific, India
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology
Agni Purana, 1984–87, vols. 27–30; Bhagavata Purana,
1976–78, vols. 7–11; Brahma Purana, 1985–86, vols.
Quincas Borba
Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Introduction by Roger Bastide
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Alain de Acevedo
Nagel/UNESCO, 1955. 270 p.
Novel
Racici [Chemmeen]
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original Malayalam; English version by N. Menon
Original language : Malayalam
Published language(s) : Serbo-Croat
Translated by Mirjana Stefanovic
Nolit/UNESCO, 1966. 203 p.
Novel
Rats' Nests
Sakutarô, Hagiwara (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Robert Epp
UNESCO/Yakusha, 1999. 442 p.
Poetry
Records of the Historian; Chapters from the Shih Chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Ssu-ma Ch'ien (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Reprinted by Oxford University Press/UNESCO, 1969
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Burton Watson
Regard sur le temps des Soufis : vie des saints du sud marocain des Ve, VIe
siècles de l'Hégire [Al-Tachawwuf ilâ rijâl al-Tas'awwuf]
Al Tâdilî, Ibn al Zayyât (Arab States, Morocco)
Selection, notes and introduction by Ahmed Toufiq
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Maurice de Fenoyl
Editions EDDIF/UNESCO, 1995. 435
History, religion
Rubayat/Robaiat
Rumi, Yalal ud-Din (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Selection by Clara Janés and Ahmad Taherí; preface by Clara Janés; calligraphy by
Mehdi Garmrudi
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : Persian
Translated by Ahmad Taherí - Clara Janés
Ediciones del Oriente y del Mediterráneo/UNESCO, 1996. 199 p.
Poetry
Rubén Darío
Darío, Rubén (Latin America & the Caribbean, Nicaragua)
Edited by René L. F. Durand
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by René L. F. Durand
Seghers/UNESCO, 1966. 191
Poetry
Récits d'une vie fugitive. Mémoires d'un lettré pauvre [Fou-cheng lieou-ki]
Chen Fou (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Foreword by Paul Demiéville
reprinted
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jacques Reclus
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1990. 184
Biography/memoirs, novel
Samak-e-Ayyar, tome I
Faramarz, ibn Khodadad (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by F. Razavi
Maisonneuve et Larose/UNESCO, 1972. 230
Novel
Sarashina-Nikki
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Introduction by Horst Hammitzsch
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Ulrich Kemper
Reclam Jun./UNESCO, 1966. 87 p.
Biography/memoirs, poetry, travelogue
Schneeland [Yukiguni]
Kawabata, Yasunari (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Oscar Benl
Carl Hanser Verlag/UNESCO, 1957. 128 p.
Novel
Selected Poems
Takagi, Kyozo (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Introduction by James Kirkup and Michio Nakano
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by James Kirkup - Michio Nakano
Carcanet Press/UNESCO, 1973. 51 p.
Poetry
Shinkokinwakashu
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Horst Hammitzsch - Lydia Brüll
Reclam Jun./UNESCO, 1964. 160 p.
Poetry
Shrikanto
Chatterji, Saratchandra (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction by Jean Tipy
Original language : Bengali
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Anne-Marie Moulènes - Nandadulal Dé
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1985. 179
Novel
Siberia: A Poem
Sutzkever, Abraham (Europe & North America)
Introduction by Jacob Sonntag; letter and drawings by Marc Chagall
Original language : Yiddish
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Jacob Sonntag
Abelard-Schuman/UNESCO, 1961. 46 p., illus.
Poetry
Solo al atardecer
Orten, Jirí (Europe & North America, Czech Republic)
Introduction and notes by Clara Janés
Original language : Czech
Published language(s) : Spanish
Translated by Clara Janés
Editorial Pre-Textos/UNESCO, 1996. 230 p.
Biography/memoirs, poetry
Speaking of Siva
Asia & the Pacific, India
Introduction by A. K. Ramanujan
Reprinted 1979
Original language : Kannada
Published language(s) : English
Translated by A. K. Ramanujan
Penguin Books/UNESCO, 1973. 200 p.
Poetry
Sweetwater [Uår]
Faldbakken, Knut (Europe & North America, Norway)
Original language : Norwegian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Joan Tate
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1994. 184 p.
Novel
São Bernardo
Ramos, Graciliano (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Geneviève Leibrich
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1986. 179 p.
Novel
Tabaré
Zorrilla de San Martín, Juan (Latin America & the Caribbean, Uruguay)
Adapted by Jules Supervielle
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jean-Jacques Réthoré
Nagel/UNESCO, 1954. 256 p.
Poetry
Taiheiki
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by H. C. McCullough
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1959
History, novel
Tarikh es-Soudan
Es-Sa'di, Abderrahman Ben Abdallah Ben'Imran Ben'Amir (Arab States)
reprinted
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : Arabic - French
Translated by O. Houdas
Temps de sable
Kadiiski, Kiril (Europe & North America, Bulgaria)
Original language : Bulgarian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Sylvia Wagenstein
L'Esprit des Péninsules/UNESCO, 2001. 87 p.
Poetry
The Factory Ship [Kani kosen. The Absentee Landlord Fuzai jinushi]
Kobayashi, Takiji (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Frank Motofuji
UNESCO/University of Tokyo Press, 1973. 185 p.
Novel
(Braille edition.)
National Library for the Blind/UNESCO, 1970
Novel
The Hermit and the Love-thief. Sanskrit Poems of Bhartrihari and Bilhana
Bhartrihari; Bilhana (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1978. 127 p.
Poetry
The Hye Ch'o Diary. Memoirs of the Pilgrimage to the Five Regions of India
Hye Ch'o (Asia & the Pacific, Korea, Republic Of)
Edited by Jan Yün-Hua; Laurence W. Preston; Lida Shotaro; Yang Han-Sung
Original language : Korean
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Han-Sung - Iida - Jan Yün-Hua - Laurence W. Preston - Shotaro -
Yang
Miller & Schnobrich/UNESCO, 1984. 118 p.
Theater
Translated by H. V. Guenther
Clarendon Press/UNESCO, 1963
Biography/memoirs
The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha. Spina nel Cuore. [O vios tou Ismail Ferik Passa]
Galanaki, Rhea (Europe & North America, Greece)
Foreword by Kay Cicellis
Original language : Greek, Modern (1453-)
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Kay Cicellis
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1996. 166 p.
Novel
The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings [Koshoku ichidai onna]
Ihara, Saikaku (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Reprinted 1969
Edited by Ivan Morris
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Ivan Morris
New Directions/UNESCO, 1963. xii + 402 p., illus.
Novel, short stories
The Man who Turned into a Stick. Three Related Plays [Bo ni natta otoko]
Abé, Kôbô (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Donald Keene
UNESCO/University of Tokyo Press, 1977. 84
Play
The Manyoshu
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Foreword by Donald Keene
Reprinted 1969
Edited by Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Multiple translators
Columbia University Press/UNESCO, 1965. lxxxii + 502 p.
Poetry
The Manyoshu
Asia & the Pacific, Japan
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Ian Hideo Levy
Princeton University Press/UNESCO, 1981. 409 p.
Poetry
The Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon. IV. Vimanavatthu: Stories of the
Mansions. Petavatthu: Stories of the Departed
The Panchatantra
Asia & the Pacific, India
Reprinted by Hind Pocket Books/UNESCO, 1973
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Franklin Edgerton
Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1965. 151 p.
Folk-tale, legend
The Petition to Ram. Devotional Hymns of the 17th Century [Vinaya patrika]
Tulsi Das (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction, notes and glossary by F. R. Allchin
Reprinted by Ben Russak/UNESCO, 1972
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : English
Translated by F. R. Allchin
Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1966. 335 p., illus.
Poetry, religion
The Ruba'iyat
Khayyam, 'Umar (Asia & the Pacific, Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
Introduction by Parichehr Kasra
Reprinted 1977
Original language : Persian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Parichehr Kasra
Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints/UNESCO, 1975. 183 p.
Poetry
The Rules and Regulations of the ?Abbasid Court [Rusum Dar Al-Khilafah]
Al-Sabi' Hilal (Arab States)
Introduction and notes by Elie A. Salem
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Elie A. Salem
Lebanese Commission for the Translation of Great Works/UNESCO, 1977. 134
History
The Satasai
Bihari (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Introduction by Krishna P. Bahadur
Original language : Hindi
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Krishna P. Bahadur
Penguin Books/UNESCO, 1990. 403 p.
Poetry
The Tower at the Edge of the World. A Poetic Mosaic Novel about my Earliest
Youth [Tärnet ved Verdens Ende]
Heinesen, William (Europe & North America, Denmark)
Original language : Danish
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Maja Jackson
The Thule Press/UNESCO, 1981. 183 p.
Novel
The Way and its Power: A Study of the Tao Tê Ching and its Place in Chinese
Thought
Lao-tzu (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Reprinted by Allen & Unwin/UNESCO, 1968
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : English
The Wisdom of the Tamil People. Translated Selections from their Ancient
Literature
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Tamil
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Emmons E. White
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers/UNESCO, 1975. 130 p.
Poetry, prose
They Sing Life - Anthology of Oral Poetry of the Primitive Tribes of India
Sitakant Mahapatra
Edited by Inter-India Publications
Published language(s) : English
2003. 170
Oral tradition
They Sing Life. Anthologie of Oral Poetry of the Primitive Tribes of India
Sitakant Mahapatra (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Original language : English
Published language(s) : English
2003. 170
Oral poetry
They Were Counted from The Writing on the Wall [Erdélyi Törtenét The
Transylsvanian Trilogy, Book One]
Bánffy, Miklós (Europe & North America, Hungary)
Foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Original language : Hungarian
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Kathy Bánffy-Jelen - Patrick Thursfield
Arcadia Books/UNESCO, 1998. 602 p.
Novel
Thupavamsa
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Pali
Published language(s) : English
Translated by N. A. Jayawickrama
The Pali Text Society/UNESCO, 1971. 286 p.
Philosophy, religion
Tradiciones peruanas
Palma, Ricardo (Latin America & the Caribbean, Peru)
Foreword by Alfredo Bryce-Echenique
Edited by Julio Ortega
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : Spanish
Colección Archivos/UNESCO, 1993. 658 p.
Essay, history, poetry
Trash [A Bagaceira]
Almeida, José Américo de (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Original language : Portuguese
Two Tamil Folktales: The Story of King Matanakama; The Story of Peacock
Ravana
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Tamil
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Kamil V. Zvelebil
Un demi-siècle de poésie
Un monde divisé pour tous. Les pauvres/Un mundo para todos dividido. Los
pobres
Sosa, Roberto (Latin America & the Caribbean, Honduras)
Preface by Joaquin Medina Oviedo
Original language : Spanish
Published language(s) : French - Spanish
Translated by Joaquin Medina Oviedo
Seghers/UNESCO, 1977. 111 p.
Poetry
Une vie paria : le rire des asservis (Pays tamoul, Inde du Sud)
Viramma (Asia & the Pacific, India)
Texts collected, translated and annotated by Josiane Racine and Jean-Luc Racine
Original language : Tamil
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jean-Luc Racine - Josiane Racine
Plon/UNESCO, 1996. 631 p., ill.
Biography/memoirs, chronicle
Upanichaden
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : German
Translated by Paul Thieme
Reclam Jun./UNESCO, 1965. 99 p.
Philosophy, religion
Upanishads du yoga
Asia & the Pacific, India
Notes by Jean Varenne
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Jean Varenne
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1990. 182 p.
Philosophy, religion
reprinted
Original language : Vietnamese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by Nguyen-Tran-Huan
Gallimard/UNESCO, 1962. 273 p.
Legend
Vedic Hymns
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Prakrit languages - Sanskrit
Published language(s) : English
Translated by H. Oldenberg - Max Müller
Motilal Banarsidass/UNESCO, 1967. 2 vols.
Philosophy, religion
Via nova
Dante Alighieri (Europe & North America, Italy)
Introduction, notes and appendix by André Pézard
Original language : Italian
Published language(s) : French
Translated by André Pézard
Nagel/UNESCO, 1953. 253
Poetry
Vier Upanisaden
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Sanskrit
Published language(s) : Dutch; Flemish
Translated by Ali Beth
Meulenhoff/UNESCO, 1977. 223 p.
Philosophy
Viga-Glums Saga. With the Tales of Ögmund Bash and Thorwald Chatterbox
Europe & North America, Iceland
Original language : Icelandic
Published language(s) : English
Translated by John McKinnell
Canongate/UNESCO, 1987. 160 p.
Epic, folk-tale
Vinaya Texts
Asia & the Pacific, India
Original language : Pali
Published language(s) : English
Translated by H. Oldenberg - T. W. Rhys Davids
Motilal Banarsidass/UNESCO, 1965. 3 vols.
Philosophy, religion
Voices of the Dawn. A Selection of Korean Poetry from the Sixth Century to
the Present Day
Asia & the Pacific, Korea, Republic Of
Introduction by Peter Hyun
Reprinted by Paragon/UNESCO, n.d.
Original language : Korean
Published language(s) : English
Translated by Peter Hyun
John Murray/UNESCO, 1960. 128 p.
Poetry
Yaka
Pepetela, (Santos, Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos) (Africa, Angola)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : French
Translated by A. da Costa - C. Virone
Yayá Garcia
Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil)
Original language : Portuguese
Published language(s) : English
Translated by R. L. Scott-Buccleuch
Peter Owen/UNESCO, 1976. 220 p.
Novel
Yo, el Gato
Natsume, Soseki (Asia & the Pacific, Japan)
Introduction by Jesús González Valles
Original language : Japanese
Published language(s) : Spanish
Translated by Jesús González Valles
Trotta/UNESCO, 1999. 456 p.
Novel
Zaini barakat
El Guitani, Gamal (Arab States, Egypt)
Original language : Arabic
Published language(s) : Spanish
Translated by Milagros Nuin Monreal
Ediciones Libertarias/UNESCO, 1994. 299 p.
Novel
Zhuang-Zi
Zhuang Zi (Asia & the Pacific, China)
Original translated into French by Liou Kia-kway
Original language : Chinese
Published language(s) : Italian
Translated by Carlo Laurenti - Christine Leverd
Adelphi/UNESCO, 1982. 416 p.
Philosophy, religion