# Khaled Mattawa
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khaled mattawa (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.
== Background ==
khaled mattawa was born in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya where he spent his childhood and early teens.
“Abduction” by Saadi Youssef
Amanda Holmes reads Saadi Youssef’s poem “Abduction,” translated by Khaled Mattawa. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Steph…
COVID Episode 9
What can be said that hasn't already been said about 2020? Leilani and Kimberlyn share the good, the bad, and the lessons learned as they coped with life and ritual during a pandemic. They end their episode with a moving and evocative poem "Now That We Have Tasted Hope" by the Libyan poet, Khal…
Fugitive Atlas with Khaled Mattawa
In this episode of the Seen Jeem Podcast, Khaled Mattawa talks to Matthew Jaber Stiffler about his newest collection of poetry, Fugitive Atlas (2020), his history as a leading figure in the development of Arab American literature, and his arts work in Libya. To watch a recording of Khaled's reading…
Khaled Mattawa, poet and translator. From Libya, living in Michigan.
In this episode, we meet Khaled Mattawa, poet and translator, from Benghazi, Libya, now in Dearborn, Michigan. He has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN Award for Literary Translation, and Griffin Poetry Prize, among others, teaches, and edits the Michigan Quarterly Review. Khaled is a kind…
Sophia Terazawa: Enemy, Beloved
Sophia Terazawa introduces poems that lead us to encounter both the beloved and the enemy, seeing them blurred and intertwined—seeing them as human. She shares Joy Harjo’s prayer of courage for the heart (“This Morning I Pray for My Enemies”), Khaled Mattawa’s recognition of the faceless dead (“Fac…
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
Recorded by Khaled Mattawa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 26, 2024. www.poets.org
In Conversation with mónica teresa ortiz
In this episode, we had the immense honor to chat with mónica teresa ortiz, author of book of provocations, the inaugural winner of the Joe W. Bratcher Prize for Poetry. mónica teresa ortiz (they / them) is a poet, memory worker, and critic born, raised, and based in Texas.
In book of provocations,…
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Editor Khaled Mattawa
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Khaled Mattawa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 30, 2025. www.poets.org
Guest Editor Interview: January 2026 Guest Editor Geffrey Davis
Recorded by Geffrey Davis and Mary Sutton for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 31, 2025. www.poets.org
Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "To the Here and Now"
Recorded by Khaled Mattawa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 27, 2026. www.poets.org
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