397:
82:
wrote that then 21-year-old Peter âhad completed five (unpublished) novels by the time he started college. Bound in dignified black covers with their titles embossed on the spines, these manuscriptsâsome of them written when he was only 14âhave been acclaimed by his brothers as the work of âa mature
75:. His mother was a grammar school teacher and his father was a salesman for the American Oak Leather company. His two older brothers, Alexander (b. 1938) and Paul (b. 1941), both became writers. Peter also became interested in literature, travel, and writing.
38:
and has made it his life's work. He has translated numerous works of both historic and chiefly contemporary fiction by
Egyptian, Iraqi and Lebanese authors. In addition, he has written articles and published a travel book,
514:"Since people are asking. This was in response to pointing out that the author had cited a fictional Iranian activist as a source in their article. https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/"
133:. He translated two further novels in that cycle. His translated works include contemporary fiction by Arabic writers from Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. These works include the following:
578:
325:
534:
570:
350:
606:
329:
240:
said of his work, "here's none better. His translations are clear and poetic and read like theyâre written in
English."
460:
440:
380:
626:
415:
200:, Nubia (in English 1998, first Nubian author to be translated), winner of the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award
270:
631:
95:
430:
473:
490:
616:
112:
372:
365:
611:
138:
621:
517:
8:
308:
won the
University of Arkansas Press Award for Arabic Literature in Translation in 1997.
31:
513:
398:"A worldly education Paul Theroux imagines a much-traveled writer's active erotic life"
229:
157:
91:
87:
547:
436:
376:
344:
276:
253:
130:
35:
23:
68:
72:
22:(born 1956) is an American translator and writer. The younger brother of writers
224:
143:
125:
64:
261:
as a "stunningly candid portrait of culture and politics in the Middle East".
600:
237:
60:
217:
207:
177:
167:
107:
27:
289:
248:
147:
120:
79:
44:
293:
187:
197:
469:
467:
529:
464:
432:
American Short-story
Writers Since World War II.: Second series
280:, Theroux worked for over two decades as a senior CIA analyst.
56:
268:, about living in Los Angeles. He has contributed pieces to
236:
His translations are highly regarded. Fellow translator
129:, the contemporary epic novel cycle by the Saudi writer
214:
Saraya: The Ogre's
Daughter: a Palestinian Fairy Tale
571:"High-Level Iranian Spy Ring Busted in Washington"
364:
243:Theroux has also written his own books, including
30:, during college Peter studied for a year at the
598:
474:"Profile: Peter Theroux: Found in Translation"
71:, and his father, Albert Eugene Theroux, was
67:parents; his mother, Anne (née Dittami), was
511:
428:
247:(1990), which recounted his travels in the
232:(Saudi Arabia); English translation in 1987
50:
43:(1990), about his extensive travels in the
78:In a 1978 profile of the Theroux family,
599:
581:from the original on February 10, 2024
545:
488:
395:
357:
349:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
123:literary work was the first volume of
568:
493:Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia
429:Meanor, Patrick; Crane, Gwen (2000).
304:Theroux's translation of Idris Ali's
546:Kenner, David (September 21, 2020).
299:
274:magazine. According to an editor at
110:, and for a time was a stringer for
20:Peter Christopher Sebastian Theroux
13:
556:Institute of Current World Affairs
184:Journey into the Heart of My Enemy
106:Theroux worked as a journalist in
14:
643:
367:The International Who's Who 2004
283:
210:(Lebanon, 1998), in English 2002
94:, and studied for a year at the
562:
539:
512:MazMHussain (March 21, 2023).
569:Smith, Lee (October 2, 2023).
550:Saudi Arabia's imagined worlds
505:
489:Raksin, Alex (July 22, 1990).
482:
455:âThe Theroux Family Arsenal,â
449:
422:
408:
389:
318:
164:Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad
16:American writer and translator
1:
311:
416:"Current Biography Yearbook"
396:Cheuse, Alan (4 June 1989).
371:. Routledge. 2003. pp.
96:American University in Cairo
55:Theroux was born in 1956 in
7:
10:
648:
607:ArabicâEnglish translators
190:(Iraq), in English in 2009
119:Theroux's first published
34:. He became interested in
306:Dongola: A Novel of Nubia
194:Dongola: A Novel of Nubia
101:
457:New York Times Magazine,
257:, Alex Raksin described
51:Early life and education
627:Harvard Advocate alumni
220:(1990), in English 2006
113:The Wall Street Journal
478:Washington City Paper,
63:, the youngest son of
204:The House of Mathilde
139:Children of the Alley
632:Literary translators
459:30 April 1978, 24.
271:National Geographic
32:University of Cairo
230:Abdul Rahman Munif
158:Abd al-Hakim Qasim
92:Harvard University
88:English literature
499:Los Angeles Times
495:by Peter Theroux"
300:Honors and awards
288:Theroux lives in
254:Los Angeles Times
251:. Writing in the
131:Abdelrahman Munif
36:Arabic literature
24:Alexander Theroux
639:
591:
590:
588:
586:
566:
560:
559:
552:by David Kenner"
543:
537:
533:
527:
525:
509:
503:
502:
486:
480:
471:
462:
453:
447:
446:
426:
420:
419:
412:
406:
405:
393:
387:
386:
370:
361:
355:
354:
348:
340:
338:
337:
328:. Archived from
322:
69:Italian American
647:
646:
642:
641:
640:
638:
637:
636:
597:
596:
595:
594:
584:
582:
575:Tablet Magazine
567:
563:
544:
540:
523:
521:
510:
506:
487:
483:
472:
465:
454:
450:
443:
427:
423:
414:
413:
409:
402:Chicago Tribune
394:
390:
383:
363:
362:
358:
342:
341:
335:
333:
326:"Archived copy"
324:
323:
319:
314:
302:
286:
154:Rites of Assent
104:
73:French Canadian
53:
17:
12:
11:
5:
645:
635:
634:
629:
624:
619:
617:Theroux family
614:
609:
593:
592:
561:
538:
535:Archived Tweet
504:
481:
463:
448:
441:
421:
407:
388:
381:
356:
316:
315:
313:
310:
301:
298:
285:
282:
266:Translating LA
264:Theroux wrote
234:
233:
225:Cities of Salt
221:
211:
201:
191:
181:
171:
161:
151:
144:Naguib Mahfouz
126:Cities of Salt
103:
100:
52:
49:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
644:
633:
630:
628:
625:
623:
620:
618:
615:
613:
612:Living people
610:
608:
605:
604:
602:
580:
576:
572:
565:
557:
553:
551:
542:
536:
531:
519:
515:
508:
500:
496:
494:
485:
479:
475:
470:
468:
461:
458:
452:
444:
442:9780787631277
438:
434:
433:
425:
417:
411:
403:
399:
392:
384:
382:1-85743-217-7
378:
374:
369:
368:
360:
352:
346:
332:on 2015-04-18
331:
327:
321:
317:
309:
307:
297:
295:
291:
284:Personal life
281:
279:
278:
273:
272:
267:
262:
260:
256:
255:
250:
246:
241:
239:
238:Raymond Stock
231:
227:
226:
222:
219:
215:
212:
209:
205:
202:
199:
195:
192:
189:
185:
182:
179:
175:
172:
169:
165:
162:
159:
155:
152:
149:
145:
141:
140:
136:
135:
134:
132:
128:
127:
122:
117:
115:
114:
109:
99:
97:
93:
89:
84:
81:
76:
74:
70:
66:
62:
61:Massachusetts
58:
48:
46:
42:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
583:. Retrieved
574:
564:
555:
549:
541:
528:– via
522:. Retrieved
507:
498:
492:
484:
477:
456:
451:
431:
424:
410:
401:
391:
366:
359:
334:. Retrieved
330:the original
320:
305:
303:
287:
275:
269:
265:
263:
258:
252:
244:
242:
235:
223:
218:Emile Habiby
213:
208:Hassan Daoud
203:
193:
183:
178:Elias Khoury
173:
168:Alia Mamdouh
163:
153:
137:
124:
118:
111:
108:Saudi Arabia
105:
85:
83:satirist.ââ
77:
54:
40:
28:Paul Theroux
19:
18:
622:1956 births
290:Los Angeles
249:Middle East
148:Nobel Prize
146:, Egyptian
86:He studied
80:James Atlas
45:Middle East
601:Categories
336:2017-09-08
312:References
294:California
259:Sandstorms
245:Sandstorms
228:(1984) by
188:Najem Wali
121:translated
41:Sandstorms
524:March 21,
198:Idris Ali
180:(Lebanon)
579:Archived
345:cite web
65:Catholic
585:May 15,
530:Twitter
418:. 1979.
160:(Egypt)
439:
379:
277:Tablet
170:(Iraq)
150:winner
102:Career
57:Boston
518:Tweet
587:2024
526:2023
437:ISBN
377:ISBN
373:1668
351:link
174:Yalo
26:and
216:by
206:by
196:by
186:by
176:by
166:by
156:by
142:by
90:at
603::
577:.
573:.
554:.
497:.
476:,
466:^
435:.
400:.
375:.
347:}}
343:{{
296:.
292:,
116:.
98:.
59:,
47:.
589:.
558:.
548:"
532:.
520:)
516:(
501:.
491:"
445:.
404:.
385:.
353:)
339:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.