John Verlenden is an American academic, writer and award-winning translator of Arabic literature.
[1] He obtained a BA in English literature from Rhodes College in 1986 followed by an MFA in Creative Writing from Louisiana State University in 1988.
Verlenden and his AUC colleague Ferial Ghazoul have translated two works of Egyptian literature: He has also translated with Ghazoul poet Qassim Haddad's The Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems.
"I always think the wisdom and the beauty of antiquity deserve special places in any reader’s literary explorations," he said.
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