The Saint Around The World

Foreign Language Editions of The Saint

I have copies of various Saint books in many different languages, including Afrikaans, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. The Saint was also published in Turkish, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Kroat, Arabic, Braille, and perhaps others. I am eager to find Saint books in those languages, so please e-mail me. The Saint Magazine was published in France, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and the United States.

If you have information or books covers for any other languages not listed, please e-mail me as "saint" at this domain (saint.org)

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Afrikaans

In South Africa The Saint was known as Die Saint.

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Arabic

It is reported that the Saint has been published in Arabic. The Saint translates to القديس and Leslie Charteris is ليزلي شارتيريس , while Simon Templar is سيمون الهيكل .

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Chinese

It is currently unclear how many editions of The Saint were published in China. The Saint is known as 圣徒 in China.

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Croatian

In Croatia Hrvatska, The Saint is known as Svetac (The Saint) or as Sveca, Simona Templara. The stories are written by Laslie Charteris.

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Czech

In Czechoslovakia, The Saint was known as Svatý. The 1997 Val Kilmer film was known as Simona Templara vo Svätom. [ More Czech editions... ]

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Danish

In Denmark, The Saint was originally known as Sankt Jørgen, and then later his name was changed to Helgenen. The books were translated into Danish by Palle Rosenkrantz, Henning Müller, Karen Meldsted, and Carl Blechingberg. [ More Danish editions... ]

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Dutch

Known as De Saint, a number of paperback editions of The Saint were published in the Netherlands by A.W. Bruna & Zoon of Utrecht. Most of Bruna's Zwarte Beertjes (Black Bear) editions featured really great cover artwork by noted artist, Dick Bruna. [ More Dutch editions... ]

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Finnish

The nickname Pyhimys was what Simon Templar went by in Finland. There was at least one paperback run of 16 numbered editions by Gummerus. [ More Finnish editions... ]

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French

Known as Le Saint in France, The Saint was published in paperback by Arthème Fayard and then also Livre de Poche. The front cover artwork of the Fayard editions after 1947 were all done by Regino Bernad. [ More French editions... ]

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German

The stories of Simon Templar were published in Germany under the name of Der Heilige. There were at least three different paperback publishers in Germany beginning in 1950. [ More German editions... ]

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Greek

The Greek name of The Saint was Ο Άγιος or Ο AΓIOΣ when published in Greece. It appears that Leslie Charteris' name was translated to Aeeay Teaptepis, ΛΕΣΛΥ ΤΣΑΡΤΕΡΙΣ, or Λέσλι Τσάρτρις. The Saint was published in Greece by Lyhnari (Λυχνάρι), which was founded in 1960. [ More Greek editions... ]

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Hebrew

The Saint was also published in Israel as המלאך in paperback form. [ More Hebrew editions... ]

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Hungarian

The Saint was known as Az Angyal in Hungary. Denevér Könyvek released four titles in Az Angyal Kalandjai (The Saint Collection) in 1990.

Selected Hungarian Bibliography of Leslie Charteris

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Italian

Il Santo was published in Italy by Garzanti in paperback format. There were 29 paperbacks in three different series beginning in 1964 and running until 1978. Garzanti also published at least two hardcover collections of Il Santo. [ More Italian editions... ]

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Japanese (Kanji and Seinto)

Known as 聖者 (Seija) in Kanji and セイント (Seinto) in Katakana in Japan, The Saint was written by Leslie Charteris, or レスリー・チャータリス as he is called in Japan. Although only a few complete Saint books were translated into Japanese, there were actually quite a few short stories that made it into various mystery magazines. The 1994 edition of 怪盗紳士暗黒街を行く (Kaito Shinshi Ankokugai wo Iku / The Saint in New York) published by Akane Shobo, features some great cover and interior artwork by anime manga artist Masamichi Yokoyama. [ More Japanese editions... ]

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Korean (Hangul)

The Val Kilmer movie was released as 세인트 in Korea. It appears that at least a few Saint books were published in the 1990s, with The Saint in New York being published as 암흑가의 성자. Leslie Charteris was known as 레슬리 차터리스 in Korea.

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Norwegian

The Saint in Norway was first known as St. Simon in the earliest editions. In the 1940s The Saint's name was changed to Helgenen. [ More Norwegian editions... ]

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Polish

The Saint also made it to Poland, where Simon Templar was known as Święty or Świętego to the fans of Leslie Charteris -- whose name was sometimes changed to 'Leslie Charterisa'. [ More Polish editions... ]

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Portuguese

Lisboa Livros do Brasil, in their Colecção Vampiro paperback format, published a large number of Leslie Charteris' O Santo stories in Brasil during the 1950s and 1960s. [ More Portuguese editions... ]

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Russian

Leslie Charteris is known as Лесли Чартерис in Russia, The Saint is Святой, and Саймона Тамплера is Simon Templar. It appears that at least a few Saint books were published in Russian around 1993 to 1996; another likely candidate would be Burl Barer's novelization of The Saint movie with Val Kilmer, as the movie was shot in Moscow.

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Spanish

The Saint in very popular in many Spanish-speaking countries, especially Spain. Known as, El Santo, Simon Templar has quite a following, and has been featured in quite a number of different editions over the years. [ More Spanish editions... ]

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Swedish

Leslie Charteris' Simon Templar, alias The Saint, was published in both hardback and paperback in Sweden as Helgonet. The 1964 series of paperbacks from Tidens Förlag had, en Helgon bok (A Saint Book), at the bottom of each front cover. [ More Swedish editions... ]

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Turkish

The Saint was published in Turkey in paperback format. While the Turkish word for Saint is aziz it appears that they used the English nickname, The Saint in most cases -- the Val Kilmer movie being one noted exception. The Turkish edition, Gerçekleşen Düşler, holds the record for the strangest Saint cover artwork due to having C3PO from Star Wars on the front. [ More Turkish editions... ]

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The Complete Bibliography of Leslie Charteris

English Editions
[ The Saint Books | Short Story Omnibus Collections of The Saint | Non-Saint Writings by Leslie Charteris | Canadian ]

Foreign Language Editions
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