Elliott Colla is an American scholar of the Middle East, specializing in
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 ...
and culture. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
.
Career
Colla received a B.A. from
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...
in 1989 and his Ph.D. in
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...
as from Berkeley in 2000.
His translation of ''Gold Dust'' was runner-up for the
Banipal Prize
The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arab ...
in 2009.
He is a co-editor of the e-zine, ''
Jadaliyya
''Jadaliyya'' ("dialectic") is an independent ezine founded in 2010 by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI) to cover the Arab World and the broader Middle East. It publishes articles in Arabic, French, English and Turkish, and is run primarily on a ...
''.
His novel ''Baghdad Central'' was adapted into a
television series of the same name in 2020.
Books
* ''Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.
* ''Baghdad Central'' London: Bitter Lemon Press, 2014.
Translations
*
Ibrahim Aslan - ''The Heron''
*
Idris Ali
Idris Ali (1940 – November 30, 2010) was an Egyptian author of Nubian origin.
Early life
He was born in Aswan in Upper Egypt and studied at Al-Azhar University. He published his first story in 1969, and eventually wrote six novels and three sh ...
- ''Poor''
*
Ibrahim al-Koni
Ibrāhīm al-Kōnī (sometimes translated as Ibrāhīm Kūnī) ( ar, ابراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer and is considered to be one of the most prolific Arab novelists.
Biography
Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ghadamis City, ...
- ''Gold Dust''
*
Rabai Madhoun - ''The Lady from Tel Aviv''
Further reading
Looking for the Three of DiamondsMERIP.
The Poetry of Revoltjadaliyya e-zine.
The People WantMERIP.
The Persistence of Jokesjadaliyya e-zine.
Wallsjadaliyya e-zine.
The Poetry of Revolt” in the New EgyptRadio Open Source.
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 of translation are the Banipal Prize and the Arkansas Arab ...
References
External links
author webpageGeorgetown University BiographyBanipal Biography
Middle Eastern studies scholars
American translators
Arabic–English translators
Living people
UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
Georgetown University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
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