Michael Cooperson

Michael Cooperson is an American scholar and translator of Arabic literature.^[1] He is currently associate professor of Arabic at UCLA. He has written two book: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun and Al-Mamun (Makers Of The Muslim World). He is also the translator of a number of works from the Arabic literary canon. Among these are:

• 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 Middlebury College.

See also

• List of Arabic-English translators

References

1. ^ AUC Press profile and interview