Background
Antoon was born in 1967 in Baghdad to an Iraqi father and American mother.
Antoon was born in 1967 in Baghdad to an Iraqi father and American mother.
He completed an Master of Arts
He was featured in the 2003 documentary film, which he also co-directed. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Baghdad in 1990. He left Iraq in 1991 after the onset of the Gulf War and moved to the United States. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University in 1995.
In 2006, he received his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
He is the author of a number of books and his work has appeared in The Nation, Middle East Report, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ahram Weekly, Banipal, Journal of Palestine Studies, The Massachusetts Review, World Literature Today, Ploughshares, Washington Square Journal, and the New York Times. 2013:Ya Maryam (Avenue Maria) shortlisted for the 2013 International Prize of Arabic Fiction (The Arabic Booker).
2013:Ya Maryam (Avenue Maria) shortlisted for the 2013 International Prize of Arabic Fiction (The Arabic Booker) 2013: Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin 2012: National Translation Award for his translation of Mahmoud Darwish"s In the Presence of Absence from the American Literary Translators Association.
