PEN Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 51 (2011) Winner
Ibrahim Muhawi
イブラーヒーム・ムハウィー
Ibrahim Muhawi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937 （Ramallah）
- Nationality
- Palestinian
- Languages
- Arabic, English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Ramallah → San Francisco → Hayward → Davis → St. Catharines → Amman → Birzeit → Eugene
Career
- Occupations
- academic, writer, translator
- Active Years
- 1959-2024
- Affiliations
- Brock University, University of Jordan, Birzeit University, University of Oregon
- Influenced
- Mahmoud Darwish
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends Boys School | — | General | — | — | Palestine |
| Heald Engineering College | — | Electrical Engineering | Degree in Electrical Engineering | 1959頃 | United States |
| California State University, Hayward | — | English | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of California, Davis | — | English | M.A., Ph.D. | 1964-1969 | United States |
Friends Boys School
General
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
Palestine
Quaker school in Ramallah
Heald Engineering College
Electrical Engineering
Degree:
Degree in Electrical Engineering
Period:
1959頃
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United States
California State University, Hayward
English
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
magna cum laude
University of California, Davis
English
Degree:
M.A., Ph.D.
Period:
1964-1969
Year of Graduation:
1969
Country:
United States
M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1969
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | PEN Translation Prize | Journal of an Ordinary Grief | 翻訳 | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Palestine Book Awards Translation Award | Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir | 翻訳 | Palestine Book Awards | 受賞 |
PEN Translation Prize
2011
Work:
Journal of an Ordinary Grief
Category:
翻訳
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Palestine Book Awards Translation Award
2023
Work:
Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir
Category:
翻訳
Organization:
Palestine Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folk Tales
1989 Folk TalesCollection of Palestinian Arab folktales, co-translated with Sharif Kanaana.
Palestinian cultureFolklore
Memory for Forgetfulness
1995 MemoirEnglish translation of Mahmoud Darwish's memoir of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Palestinian diasporaWar
Journal of an Ordinary Grief
2012 JournalEnglish translation of Mahmoud Darwish's 1973 work.
GriefOppression
Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir
2023 MemoirEnglish translation of Hussein Barghouthi's memoir.
PalestineMemory
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Folklore approachTranslation theory
- Recurring Motifs
- Palestinian diasporaShatatBiblical narratives
Legacy
Palestinian academic and writer specializing in Palestinian and Arabic literature, folklore, and translation. Renowned translator of Mahmoud Darwish, winner of PEN Translation Prize.
Quotes
-
Palestine... a tablet; or rather it is a place only to the extent that it is a tablet upon which holy characters are scribbled. We, the people of Palestine, our customs and manners, are nothing more than representative scribbles on the surface of this tablet.
Source: Translation and the Palestinian Diaspora (2000)
Trivia
- Born to a Palestinian Christian Arab family.
- Member of the Palestinian diaspora.