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Khaled Mattawa
Portrait of Khaled Mattawa

Khaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, Libya, and emigrated to the United States when he was a teenager. He later received his MFA from Indiana University, where he also taught creative writing and received the Academy of American Poets Award. His latest book of poems is Fugitive Atlas (Graywolf Press, 2020). A MacArthur Fellow, he is the William Wilhartz Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan and editor of Michigan Quarterly Review.  (updated 4/2023)

AGNI has published the following work:

Essays
Epic Temptations
AGNI 44 Print Only

AGNI has published the following translations:

Poetry
Freedom
by Saadi Youssef
Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
AGNI 97 Print Only
Poetry
To Pet a Dog In London!
by Saadi Youssef
Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
AGNI 97 Print Only
Poetry
Obsession
by Saadi Youssef
Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
AGNI 97 Print Only
Poetry
The Porcupine
by Saadi Youssef
Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
AGNI 48 Print Only
Poetry
The Fence
by Saadi Youssef
Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
AGNI 48 AGNI 56 Home Aging Nature
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