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Michael Cooperson
Michael Cooperson is an American scholar and translator of Arabic literature. He is professor of Arabic at UCLA. He has written two books: ''Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun'' and ''Al-Mamun (Makers Of The Muslim World)''. He has translated a number of works from Arabic and French including: * Abdelfattah Kilito's ''The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture'' * Khairy Shalaby's ''The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets'' * Jurji Zaydan's ''The Caliph's Heirs — Brothers at War: the Fall of Baghdad'' Cooperson has also taught at the Middlebury School of Arabic and Stanford University. In 2021, he won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for translation from Arabic to English. See also * List of Arabic-English translators The following is a list of translators primarily translating literary works in the Arabic language into English editions that have been published in print. The leading prizes in this field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Literature
Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment. Arabic literature emerged in the 5th century with only fragments of the written language appearing before then. The Qur'an, widely regarded as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language, would have the greatest lasting effect on Arab culture and its literature. Arabic literature flourished during the Islamic Golden Age, but has remained vibrant to the present day, with poets and prose-writers across the Arab world, as well as in the Arab diaspora, achieving increasing success. History ''Jahili'' is the literature of the pre-Islamic period referred to as ''al-Jahiliyyah'', or "the time of ignorance". In pre-Islamic Arabia, markets such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
