Arabic-English translator and scholar
Nancy N. Roberts is a translator of Arabic literature. She won the University of Arkansas Translation Award for her translation of Ghada Samman's "Beirut '75". She also received a commendation from the judges of the 2008 Banipal Prize for her translation of Salwa Bakr's "The Man from Bashmour".
Early life and education.
She was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and religious studies at Western Kentucky University. Then she did a graduate degree in M.S.Applied linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington and went abroad. She lived in Lebanon for one year and five years in Kuwait and returned for about 7 years and she did M.A.Arabic language and Literature at Indiana University. She settled in Jordan and lived there from 1995 until 2015.
Works.
Selected Translations:
Roberts has also translated works on Islamic history, jurisprudence and Sufism. These include:
References.
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