What is Salah Stétié?
[[File:Salah Stétié (2013).jpg|thumb|Salah Stétié en 2013.]] '''Salah Stétié''' ({{lang-ar|'''صلاح ستيتية'''}}) (28 September 1929 – 19 May 2020) was a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] writer, diplomat, translator and poet. He wrote in the [[French language]]. He also worked in many diplomatic positions for Lebanon in countries such as [[Morocco]] and [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.salahstetie.com/Portrait/portrait3.html |title=Salah Stétié : Sa biographie |access-date=2020-05-20 |archive-date=2004-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826111859/http://www.salahstetie.com/Portrait/portrait3.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stetie chose to write in French because he believed that the Arabic language was outdated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-327/i.html |title=Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World &#124; |publisher=En.qantara.de |date=2019-11-24 |access-date=2020-05-20 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was born in [[Beirut]]. Stétié died in [[Paris]] on 19 May 2020 at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1218748/salah-stetie-est-decede-a-paris.html|title=Salah Stétié est décédé à Paris|date=20 May 2020|website=L'Orient-Le Jour|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stetie, Salah}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Lebanese politicians]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Lebanon]] [[Category:Lebanese poets]] [[Category:Translators]] [[Category:Historians]] [[Category:People from Beirut]] {{bio-stub}}