Miled Faiza (Arabic: ميلاد فايزه, romanized: Mīlād Fāyzah; born 1974) is a Tunisian-American writer.
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| Native name | ميلاد فايزه |
| Born | 1974 Monastir, Tunisia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Citizenship | American |
| Genre | Poetry |
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Career
Miled Faiza was born in Monastir, Tunisia in 1974. He published his first book of poetry in 2004 and his poetry has been translated into English, French, Spanish and Serbian.
Faiza is also a translator; his translation of Ali Smith's Autumn was published as al-Kharīf in 2018 and he has also published many translations of American poems into Arabic.
In addition to writing, he was a reviewing editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary (2014), and is the co-creator of the Tunisian Arabic Corpus. He has taught Arabic in the United States since 2006 and currently teaches at Brown University.
Poetry collections
- (2019) ʾAṣābiʿ al-naḥḥāt (أصابع النحات (The sculptor's fingers))
- (2004) Baqayā al-bayt alladhī dakhalnāhā maratan wāḥida (بقايا البيت اللذي دخلناه مرة واحدة (Remains of a house we only entered once)
Translations
- (2023) al-Rabīʿ (الربيع), translation of Ali Smith novel Spring
- (2021) The Italian, translation (with Karen McNeil) of Shukri Mabkhout novel al-Talyānī (الطلياني)
- (2019) al-Shitāʾ (الشتاء), translation of Ali Smith novel Winter
- (2017) al-Kharīf (الخريف), translation of Ali Smith novel Autumn
References
- ^ "Our Team Tunisian Arabic Corpus". tunisiya.org. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- Ahmad, Adnan Hussein (July 26, 2018). "رواية «الخريف» لآلي سميث ومثلث الصداقة والحُب والفَناء" [Ali Smith's "Autumn" – A triangle of love, friendship and dissolution]. القدس العربي Al-quds (in Arabic).
- Mosbahi, Hassouna (March 10, 2020). ""أصابع النحات".. قصائد شاعر مهاجر كتبت على نار هادئة |" ["The Sculptor's Fingers" ... Poems of a migrant poet, written on a gentle fire]. صحيفة العرب – Al Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- Oxford Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English · English-Arabic. Arts, Tressy. (First ed.). Oxford. pp. iv. ISBN 9780199580330. OCLC 881018992.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - "Miled Faiza | News from Brown". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- "الربيع" [Spring]. Kalimat Group (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- "The Italian - Shukri Mabkhout". Europa Editions. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- "الشتاء" [Winter]. Kalimat Group (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- "الخريف" [Autumn]. Kalimat Group (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-21.