Collection: Muhammad Umar Memon

Born in India in 1939, Muhammad Umar Memon was emeritus professor of Urdu, Persian and Islamic Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Memon earned his bachelor's degree in Pakistan and in 1964 won a Fulbright scholarship to study in the United States, where he earned a master's degree from Harvard University and a doctorate in Islamic Studies from UCLA. His collection of short stories, Tareek Galee, appeared in 1989. He translated widely from English and Arabic into Urdu and from Urdu into English. His translations from Urdu include The Essence of Camphor and Snake Catcher, both by Naiyer Masud, and several other collections of short stories, including The Tale of the Old Fisherman, The Colour of Nothingness, Domains of Fear and Desire and An Epic Unwritten. He was the general editor of the Pakistan Writers Series, OUP, Karachi, and also editor of the Annual of Urdu Studies.