| Joseph Elian Sarkis | |
| Native Name Lang: | جوزيف اليان سركيس |
| Birth Date: | 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Damascus |
| Death Date: | 1932 |
| Death Place: | Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Occupation: | Writer, editor, translator, bookseller |
| Honours: | Order of St. Gregory the Great |
Joseph Elian Sarkis (1856–1932) was a writer and translator from Damascus.
Born in Damascus in 1856, Joseph was a writer, translator, and bibliographer, he was also known for his activity as a bookseller-publisher in Cairo, where he settled in 1912.[1] [2] He pursued his literary activity alongside a banking profession, as he worked for nearly 35 years as an employee at the Ottoman Imperial Bank in the branches of Beirut, Damascus, Cyprus, Ankara, and Constantinople.