PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
2 appearances
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Edition 8 (2003) Winner
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Edition 16 (2011) Winner
Khaled Mattawa
ハレド・マッタワ
Khaled Mattawa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-01-01 （Benghazi, Libya）
- Nationality
- Libya, United States
- Languages
- Arabic, English
- Residence History
- Benghazi, Libya → Louisiana, USA (high school) → Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA → Northridge, Los Angeles, USA → Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Translator, Essayist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1995-
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), California State University, Northridge, Banipal (contributing editor), RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers, former president), Academy of American Poets (Chancellor)
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets (Chancellor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | — | — | BA (Political Science & Economics) | — | United States |
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | English / Creative Writing | MA, MFA | — | United States |
| Duke University | — | — | PhD | — | United States |
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Degree:
BA (Political Science & Economics)
Country:
United States
Bachelor's degrees in political science and economics
Indiana University Bloomington
English / Creative Writing
Degree:
MA, MFA
Year of Graduation:
1994
Country:
United States
Received MA and MFA in 1994; taught creative writing at the university thereafter.
Duke University
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
2009
Country:
United States
Earned PhD in 2009
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2003 | PEN Award for Poetry in Translation | — | — | PEN | 受賞 |
| 2011 | PEN Award for Poetry in Translation | Adunis: Selected Poems (translation) | — | PEN | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Alfred Hodder Fellowship | — | フェローシップ | Princeton University | 受賞（1995–1996） |
| — | Arkansas Arabic Translation Prize | Translation of Hatif Janabi's selected poems | — | University of Arkansas Press (award) | 受賞 |
| — | Banipal Prize | Adunis: Selected Poems (translation) | — | Banipal | 受賞 |
| — | The Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞（複数回） |
| 2011 | Griffin Poetry Prize (shortlisted) | Adunis: Selected Poems (translation) | — | Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry | ショートリスト |
| — | NEA Translation Grant | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成 |
MacArthur Fellowship
2014
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
2003
Organization:
PEN
Result:
受賞
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
2011
Work:
Adunis: Selected Poems (translation)
Organization:
PEN
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1997
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Alfred Hodder Fellowship
1995
Category:
フェローシップ
Organization:
Princeton University
Result:
受賞（1995–1996）
Arkansas Arabic Translation Prize
Work:
Translation of Hatif Janabi's selected poems
Organization:
University of Arkansas Press (award)
Result:
受賞
Banipal Prize
Work:
Adunis: Selected Poems (translation)
Organization:
Banipal
Result:
受賞
The Pushcart Prize
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞（複数回）
Griffin Poetry Prize (shortlisted)
2011
Work:
Adunis: Selected Poems (translation)
Organization:
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Result:
ショートリスト
NEA Translation Grant
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Arab American Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2011) Winner
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Edition 6 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Ismailia Eclipse
1995 PoetryEarly collection addressing origins, exile, and memory.
ExileMemoryIdentity
The Zodiac of Echoes
2003 PoetryA mid-career collection noted for its figurative and musical language.
LanguageResonanceCross-cultural dialogue
Amorisco
2008 PoetryA poetic exploration of place, memory, love, and loss.
LoveLossSense of place
Tocqueville
2010 PoetryRecent collection weaving comparative cultural perspectives.
HistoryComparative culturePolitics
Adunis: Selected Poems (translation)
2010 Translated poetrySelected poems of Adunis translated into English; widely acclaimed and linked to several translation awards.
TranslationModern poetryIntroduction of Arab poetry
Questions and Their Retinue
1996 Translated poetryA translation of selected poems by Iraqi poet Hatif Janabi; one of Mattawa's early notable translations.
TranslationIraqi poetryPolitics and the personal
How Long Have You Been With Us?: Essays on Poetry
2016 EssaysA collection of essays on poetry and translation, discussing poetics and the practice of translation.
PoeticsTranslation theoryLiterary criticism
Bibliography
- Ismailia Eclipse (1995)
- Zodiac of Echoes (2003)
- Amorisco (2008)
- Tocqueville (2010)
- Questions and Their Retinue (translation, 1996)
- Adunis: Selected Poems (translation, 2010)
- How Long Have You Been With Us?: Essays on Poetry (2016)
Translations by Author
- Selected poems of Hatif Janabi (Questions and Their Retinue)
- Selected poems of Adunis (Adunis: Selected Poems)
- Translations of Saadi Youssef, Fadhil Al Azzawi, Iman Mirsal, Joumana Haddad, and others
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical and musical languageBilingual / translation-aware styleImage-driven modern poetics
- Recurring Motifs
- Exile and belongingMemory and placeLanguage and the challenges of translation
Legacy
Mattawa is a key translator who introduced Arabic poetry to the English-speaking world and is internationally recognized as a poet. As a university teacher he mentors creative writing and translation and has received numerous awards.
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets
- RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers)
Trivia
- Emigrated from Libya to the United States in 1979.
- Began writing poetry in the late 1980s; first collection published in 1995.
- Has won both the Arkansas Arabic Translation Prize and the Banipal Prize for translation (another person to have won both is Samah Selim).
- Received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2014.
- Shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2011 for his translation of Adunis.