Muhammad Umar Memon

Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu: محمد عمر میمن), Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison, was an accomplished scholar, translator, Urdu short story writer, and the editor of ''The Annual of Urdu Studies''.

Memon retired from the University of Wisconsin after 38 years of service but remained active as a scholar: besides working on translation of Urdu works into English, he served on the editorial board of ''Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies'' and was also an advisor to the Urdu Project, which was created to meet the challenges of publishing translations of literary works of Urdu language in the North American market. Provided by Wikipedia