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Fady Joudah

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Fady Joudah

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1971-01-01 (Austin, Texas)
国籍
Palestinian, American
言語
English, Arabic
居住地歴
Austin, Texas (birth) → Libya (raised) → Saudi Arabia (raised) → Houston, Texas (residence/work)

経歴

職業
Physician, Poet, Translator
活動期間
1998年〜
影響を受けた人物
Mahmoud Darwish, Ghassan Zaqtan
影響を与えた人物
Contemporary English-language poets and translators (younger generation)

学歴

University of Georgia
国: United States
Attended undergraduate studies (details not specified)
Medical College of Georgia
Medical program
学位: M.D.
国: United States
Completed medical education (exact years not specified)
University of Texas (training)
Clinical training
国: United States
Completed clinical training, including emergency medicine

受賞歴

Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
2007
対象作品: The Earth in the Attic
部門: 詩集
主催: Yale University Press
結果: 受賞
Griffin Poetry Prize (International)
2013
対象作品: Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me (translation of Ghassan Zaqtan)
部門: 翻訳(詩)
主催: Griffin Poetry Prize Foundation
結果: 受賞
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation (finalist)
2008
対象作品: The Butterfly's Burden (translation of Mahmoud Darwish)
部門: 翻訳(詩)
主催: PEN America
結果: 最終候補
Jackson Poetry Prize
2024
主催: Jackson Poetry Prize Foundation
結果: 受賞
Forward Prizes for Poetry (Best Collection)
2024
対象作品: [...]
部門: 詩集
主催: Forward Prizes organization
結果: 最終候補
National Book Award for Poetry (Longlist)
2024
対象作品: [...]
部門: 詩集
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: ロングリスト

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Earth in the Attic

2008年 Poetry collection 96ページ

A lyrical collection exploring migration, memory, and family history, interweaving personal experience with historical and political contexts.

migrationmemoryfamilyidentity

The Butterfly's Burden

2006年 Poetry (translation) 128ページ

A major translation of Mahmoud Darwish's poems into English, conveying both the translator's sensibility and the original works' political and lyrical qualities.

exilelossresistance

Alight

2013年 Poetry collection 112ページ

A collection juxtaposing personal wounds and healing with voices from history; poems characterized by clarity and quiet intensity.

healingmemoryhistory

Tethered to the Stars

2021年 Poetry collection 88ページ

A poetic meditation connecting cosmic perspectives with intimate lyricism; the poems pose questions without offering direct answers.

cosmosintrospectionquestioning

[...]

2024年 Poetry collection 120ページ

A 2024 poetry collection that received wide critical attention and was shortlisted/longlisted for several awards.

futurityPalestinian conditionlove and memory

Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me (translation)

2012年 Poetry (translation) 104ページ

Translation of Ghassan Zaqtan's poems into English; the translation won the Griffin Poetry Prize.

hometimelanguage

全著作

  • The Butterfly's Burden (translator of Mahmoud Darwish)
  • If I Were Another (translation)
  • The Earth in the Attic
  • Alight
  • Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me (translation of Ghassan Zaqtan)
  • The Silence That Remains (translation of Ghassan Zaqtan)
  • Tethered to the Stars
  • [...]

翻案

  • Interviewee in the documentary 'Poetry of Witness'

作家による翻訳

  • Translations of Mahmoud Darwish into English (The Butterfly's Burden, etc.)
  • Translations of Ghassan Zaqtan into English (Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, The Silence That Remains)

作風・主題

文体
lyrical and lyrical voiceconcise and lucid dictiontranslation-oriented attention to rhythm and sonority
頻出モチーフ
exile and migrationmemory and lossbody and healingastral/cosmic imagery

評価・遺産

Fady Joudah has combined a medical career with an influential role as a poet and translator, bringing Arabic-language poetry to English-speaking audiences. Praised for weaving personal experience with political and historical questions, he has been recognized internationally in both poetry and translation.

大衆文化への影響

  • Interview appearance in the documentary 'Poetry of Witness'

豆知識

  • He works as an emergency room physician while maintaining a career as a poet and translator.
  • Won the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2013 for translation.
  • Received the Jackson Poetry Prize in 2024.
  • Raised in Libya and Saudi Arabia during childhood.