Khaled Mattawa | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Benghazi, Libya |
| Occupation | Poet, translator, essayist |
| Education | Duke University |
| Period | 1995–present |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Ismalia Eclipse, The Zodiac of Echoes, Amorisco |
Khaled Mattawa (Arabic: خالد مطاوع; born 1964) is a Libyan poet, and a renowned Arab-American writer, he is also a leading literary translator, focusing on translating Arabic poetry into English. He works as an Assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, where he currently lives and writes.[1]