British scholar and translator of Arabic literature
Paul Starkey is a British scholar and translator of Arabic literature.
Life and career
Starkey received his doctorate from Oxford University; the subject of his dissertation was the works of the Egyptian writer Tawfiq Hakim.[1] He is emeritus professor of the Arabic department at the University of Durham and was also co-director of the Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW), a collaborative project by the Universities of Edinburgh, Durham and Manchester.[2]
Starkey is the author of Modern Arabic Literature (2006), a survey of the field. He has also edited a number of books, contributed book chapters, and written essays, scholarly articles and monographs. He is a specialist on the Sixties Generation of Egyptian writers, in particular Sonallah Ibrahim and Edwar al-Kharrat.
Starkey has translated several contemporary Arabic novels, including works by Edwar al-Kharrat and Mansoura Ez-Eldin. His translations have been published in Banipal magazine and he has also served on the judging panel of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[3]
Select bibliography
As author
- Modern Arabic Literature (2006)
As editor
- Egypt Through the Eyes of Travellers, 2002 (co-edited with Nadia El Kholy)
- Interpreting the Orient: Travellers in Egypt and the Near East, vol 2, 2001 (with Janet Starkey)
- Unfolding the Orient: Travellers in Egypt and the Near East, 2001 (with Janet Starkey)
- Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (two volumes), 1998 (with Julie Scott Meisami)
- Travellers in Egypt, 1998 (with Janet Starkey)
As translator
- Dear Mr Kawabata by Rachid al-Daif
- Maryam's Maze by Mansoura Ez-Eldin
- Shumaisi by Turki Al-Hamad
- Stones of Bobello by Edwar Al-Kharrat
- We Are All Equally Far from Love by Adania Shibli
- The Drowning by Hammour Ziada
- ? East Winds, West Winds by Mahdī ʻĪsá Ṣaqr. American University in Cairo Press 2010.
See also
References
- ^ "Profile as Judge of the International Prize for Arab Fiction". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "Professor PG Starkey - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Paul Starkey". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
