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Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist (died )
Salma Khadra Jayyusi | |
|---|---|
Salma Jayyusi | |
| Born | 16 April Safed, Palestine |
| Died | 20 April (age 98) Amman, Jordan |
| Known&#;for | poet, writer, translator and anthologist |
| Parent | Subhi al-Khadra (father) |
Salma Khadra Jayyusi (Arabic: سلمى الخضراء الجيوسي; 16 April [1] – 20 April ) was a Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist.
She was the founder and director of the Project of Translation from Arabic (PROTA), which aims to provide translation of Arabic literature into English.
Biography
Jayyusi was born in Safed[2] to a Palestinian father, the Arab nationalistSubhi al-Khadra, and a Lebanese mother.
After attending secondary school in Jerusalem, she studied Arabic and English literature at the American University of Beirut. She married a Jordanian diplomat, with whom she travelled and raised three children.[3]
In , she published her first poetry collection, Return from the Dreamy Fountain.
Salma khadra jayyusi biography of rory Salma Khadra Jayyusi b. She founded the Project of Translation from Arabic PROTA , which published numerous anthologies, novels, and poetry collections by Arab writers, translated for English-speaking audiences. A diplomat, he worked at the Jordanian Consulate in Jerusalem until , when he moved to Jordan; she moved with him. The next spring, one of her most beloved students, Hayat Balbisi, was killed during the Deir Yassin massacre on April 9, , at the age of This deeply affected Jayyusi; she mentioned Balbisi in various articles.In , she received her PhD on Arabic literature from the University of London. The title of her dissertation was "Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry".[4]
She taught at the University of Khartoum from to and at the universities of Algiers and Constantine from to In , she was invited by the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) to go on a lecture tour of Canada and the US, on a Ford Foundation Fellowship.
In , the University of Utah invited her to return as a visiting professor of Arabic literature, and from then on, she was based at various universities in the United States.[3]
To encourage the wider dissemination of Arabic literature and culture, Jayyusi founded the Project of Translation from Arabic in , and later founded East-West Nexus, a project for making Arabic scholarly works available in English.[5]
Jayyusi died on 20 April , four days after her 98th birthday, in Jordan.[1]
Works
- Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry, 2 vols,
- (ed.) Modern Arabic poetry: an anthology,
- (ed.) The Literature of modern Arabia: an anthology, Columbia University Press,
- (ed.) Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature, Columbia University Press,
- (ed.) The Legacy of Muslim Spain, 2 vols,
- (ed.) Modern Arabic drama: an anthology,
- (tr.
with Trevor LeGassick) The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Emile Habibi, [6]
- (ed.) Short Arabic plays: an anthology,
- (ed.) Modern Arabic fiction: an anthology,
- (ed.) Beyond the dunes: an anthology of modern Saudi literature,
- (ed.) Human rights in Arab thought: a reader,
- (ed.) Classical Arabic stories: an anthology,
Awards
References
- ^ ab"Salma Khadra Jayyusi - Writers and Novelists ( - )".Salma khadra jayyusi biography of rory mcilroy Salma Khadra was born in the Jordanian city of al-Salt on 16 April Even as a child, she was known for her sharp intelligence. Her favorite school, however, was her home. Her father was a prominent lawyer who believed that culture was the path to success, and her mother was one of the most cultured women of her generation. The mother would tell her daughter stories of the past and of her grandfather, Yusuf Salim, and of his skill as a physician, his humanitarian attitude, and his readings of great world novels; she recalled delightful winter evenings with the doctor reading these novels to his children.
Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. Retrieved 2 September
- ^Mishael Caspi, Jerome David Weltsch,From Slumber to Awakening: Culture and Identity of Arab Israeli Literati, University Press of America , p.
- ^ abPersonality of the Month: Salma Khadra Jayyusi, This Week in Palestine, Issue No.
, October Accessed 11 September
- ^"Salma Khadra Jayyusi". (in Arabic). 7 April Retrieved 2 December
- ^"Palestinian Poet, Translator, and Anthologist Salma Khadra Jayyusi Dies at 95". ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly. 21 April Retrieved 21 April
- ^Ḥabībī, Imīl; Habiby, Emile ().Salma khadra jayyusi biography of rory end News Salma Khadra Jayyusi. She was Salma Khadra Jayyusi was born in to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother and spent her childhood and youth in Acre and then in Jerusalem. She studied at the Beirut College for Women and the American University of Beirut, graduatingin and returning to Jerusalem for two years before marrying a diplomat and moving with him to Jordan in Jayyusi continued to write as she moved with her growing family to several countries, including a long stint in Iraq in the s, which — according to a profile in Jerusalem Story — deepened her knowledge of Arabic literature, especially poetry.
The Secret Life of Saeed, the Pessoptimist. Zed Books. ISBN&#;.
- ^"Winners". مؤسسة سلطان بن علي العويس الثقافية.
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Jayyusi was born in Safed [ 2 ] to a Palestinian father, the Arab nationalist Subhi al-Khadra , and a Lebanese mother. After attending secondary school in Jerusalem , she studied Arabic and English literature at the American University of Beirut. She married a Jordanian diplomat, with whom she travelled and raised three children. In , she published her first poetry collection, Return from the Dreamy Fountain. She taught at the University of Khartoum from to and at the universities of Algiers and Constantine from toRetrieved 21 April
- ^"Salma Khadra Jayyusi". Sheikh Zayed Book Award.