Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa (Arabic: عبد الوهاب، فاروق; c. 1943 – 3 April 2013), pen name Farouk Abdel Wahab, was an Egyptian academic and translator based in the USA.[1] He was born in Tanta and studied at the University of Cairo.[2] He received a BA degree in 1962 and an MA in English literature in 1969.
Early life and education edit
He pursued doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota, obtaining a PhD in comparative literature in 1977. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1975 until his death.
He was the first occupant of the university's Ibn Rushd Professorial Lectureship in Modern Arabic Language,[3] and was also the Associate Director of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Translations edit
He was also a noted translator of contemporary Arabic literature. Among his translations are the following:
- A Certain Woman by Hala el Badry
- The Other Place by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
- No One Sleeps in Alexandria by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
- Birds of Amber by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
- Chicago by Alaa el Aswany
- Love in Exile by Bahaa Tahir
- The Lodging House by Khairy Shalaby
- Zayni Barakat by Gamal al-Ghitani
- The Zafarani Files by Gamal al-Ghitani
- The Book of Epiphanies by Gamal al-Ghitani
- Al-A'mal al-Kamila (Complete Works) of Mikhail Roman
He also translated works by Shakespeare and Pirandello into Arabic.
Awards and recognition edit
- Mustafa won the 2007 Banipal Prize for his translation of Khairy Shalaby's The Lodging House.
Association edit
- Mustafa was a member of the Middle East Studies Association and the Arab Cultural Council of America.
Tribute edit
Mustafa died on April 3, 2013.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Profile on the University of Chicago's website Archived 7 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Profile on Banipal magazine's website
- ^ "Lectureship strengthens commitment to Arabic language", University of Chicago Chronicle, 9 May 2002
- ^ "In Memoriam: Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa, Prolific Translator of Arabic Fiction and Teacher". Transcultural Islam Research Network. 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-04-10.