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In 2012, Ott published the first ever translation of an even older manuscript, called the ''[[One Hundred and One Nights (book)|One Hundred and One Nights]]''. She had discovered a manuscript of this work, dated from 1234 or 1235, in the temporary exhibition “Treasures of the [[Aga Khan Museum|Agha Khan Museum]]" in the [[Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin|Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin]]. This collection includes only the first 85 nights of the cycle, with only two tales shared with ''The Nights'', and was written during Muslim-rule in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[al-Andalus]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elwakil |first=Mai |date=2013-02-28 |title='Arabian Nights' has a smaller sibling |url=https://egyptindependent.com/arabian-nights-has-smaller-sibling/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}}</ref>

The title of her 2008 anthology of Oriental love poetry ''Gold auf Lapislazuli'' (''Gold on Lapiz Lazuli)'' goes back to a poem from al-Andalus about the "twinkling of stars in a dark blue sky." This collection of 100 translated poems from seven different languages presents works written in different historical periods and features the most important themes of this sub-genre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-30 |title=Interview with Claudia Ott: "Love is the Language of the Orient" {{!}} Qantara.de |url=https://qantara.de/en/article/interview-claudia-ott-love-language-orient |access-date=2024-08-1012 |website=qantara.de |language=en}}</ref>''

== Reception ==

Based on her translations of the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' and other works of medieval Arabic literature, Ott has been called one of the "foremost translators from Arabic to German" and is considered an important mediator of Arabic culture in German-speaking countries.<ref name=":1" />

== Selected works and publications ==

=== Literary translations ===

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* [[Arabic literature]]

* [[Antoine Galland|Antoine Gallard]]

* [[Hanna Diyab]]

* [[Friedrich Rückert]]

* [[Enno Littmann]]

== References ==