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| 1944 | October 14, born in Tübingen (Germany) | |||||||||
| 1951-63 | Elementary School then High School (Classical languages) | |||||||||
| 1966-72 |
Studies of Semitic Philology, Islamic Studies, Philosophy, Arabic and Comparative Literature at the universities of Tübingen, Münster (Germany), Los Angeles (UCLA), and Philadelphia (summer school 1969) |
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| 1971 | "Master of Arts" (M.A.) in Comparative Literature (UCLA) | |||||||||
| 1972 |
"Ph.D." in Islamic Studies (UCLA) [Special field: classical Arabic literature] |
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| 1972-74 |
Post-doctoral work on a special research project on the history of medicine in the Muslim world |
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| 1972-95 | Regular courses given at the University of Bern [Arabic literature and history] | |||||||||
| 1974-77 |
Research scholarship from the Swiss National Foundation [Classical Arabic literature] |
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| 1977 |
Summer school at the University of Istanbul [Turkish] |
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| since 1978 |
Lecturer of Arabic language and civilization at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich |
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| 1984 |
until 2010: Editor
in charge of the collection "Arabic Literature" at the LENOS
publishing house in Basel. |
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| 1988 | Literary Award from the city of Bern for the translation of the novel al-Lajna by Sonallah Ibrahim | |||||||||
| 1990-97 | Cofounder and president of the "Swiss Society of the Middle East and the Muslim World" | |||||||||
| 1992 | Translation scholarship awarded by the Swiss Cultural foundation "Pro Helvetia" | |||||||||
| 1993 |
Visiting professor at the university of Freiburg i.Br. in Germany |
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| 1995 |
Visiting professor at the university of Naples in Italy |
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Cofounder of a European translation project of Arabic literature called "Mémoires de la Méditerrannée" (active until 2001) |
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Recipient of the "Hieronymus-Ring" ("Ring of Jerome") an award given by the German Association of Translators |
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| 1996 | Literary Award from the city of Bern for the translation of the novel at-Tibr by Ibrahim al-Koni | |||||||||
| 1997 | Visiting professor at the university Lyon II in France | |||||||||
| 1998 | Translation scholarship awarded by the city and the canton of Bern for the translation of the novel al-Majûs by Ibrahim al-Koni | |||||||||
| Organizer/Coorganizer
of several activities in Middle Eastern studies: International colloquium on teaching Arabic (April) Exposition of the work of an Egyptian calligrapher International colloquium on "IslaMedicine" (October) |
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| 2001 | Translation scholarship awarded by the Swiss Cultural Foundation "Pro Helvetia" | |||||||||
| 2003 | Organizer
of an international colloquium on the topic: "Son Succeeds Father as Head of State". Dynasties and their creation in the Arab world. (The Proceedings have been published in German in May 2005) |
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| 2004 |
Literary Award from the Arab League for the translation of contemporary Arabic literature into German |
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| 2005 |
Literary Award from the canton of Bern for "making accessible the works of Ibrahim al-Koni in German |
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2006
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Honored
by the Supreme Council for Culture at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for "services rendered to Arabic literature as a translator" |
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| 2008 | Member of the jury of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arabic Booker) | |
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2009
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2009 Recipient of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Abdallah Ibn Abdalaziz' International Award of Translation (Saudi-Arabia) | |||||||||
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