{{Short description|Tunisian-American writer}} {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc.--> | name = Miled Faiza | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | native_name = ميلاد فايزه | native_name_lang = aeb | image = Miled Faiza.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|3}} | birth_place = Monastir, Tunisia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = Arabic | nationality = Tunisian | citizenship = American | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Poetry <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = on <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> | ethnicity = }} '''Miled Faiza''' ({{langx|ar|ميلاد فايزه|translit=Mīlād Fāyzah}}; born 1974) is a Tunisian-American writer.

== Career ==

Miled Faiza was born in Monastir, Tunisia in 1974. He published his first book of poetry in 2004 and his poetry has been translated into English, French, Spanish and Serbian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://tunisiya.org/team/|title=Our Team Tunisian Arabic Corpus|website=tunisiya.org|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>

Faiza is also a translator; his translation of Ali Smith's ''Autumn'' was published as ''al-Kharīf'' ''in 2018''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Adnan Hussein|date=July 26, 2018|title=رواية «الخريف» لآلي سميث ومثلث الصداقة والحُب والفَناء|language=ar|trans-title=Ali Smith's "Autumn" – A triangle of love, friendship and dissolution|work=القدس العربي Al-quds|url=https://www.alquds.co.uk/%ef%bb%bf%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%81-%d9%84%d8%a2%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%ab-%d9%88%d9%85%d8%ab%d9%84%d8%ab-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%a7/}}</ref> and he has also published many translations of American poems into Arabic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mosbahi|first=Hassouna|date=March 10, 2020|title="أصابع النحات".. قصائد شاعر مهاجر كتبت على نار هادئة {{!}}|trans-title="The Sculptor's Fingers" ... Poems of a migrant poet, written on a gentle fire|url=https://alarab.co.uk/%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A6%D8%A9|access-date=2020-10-30|website=صحيفة العرب – Al Arab|language=ar}}</ref>

In addition to writing, he was a reviewing editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary (2014),<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oxford Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English · English-Arabic|others=Arts, Tressy.|date=2014 |isbn=9780199580330|edition=First|location=Oxford|pages=iv|oclc=881018992}}</ref> and is the co-creator of the Tunisian Arabic Corpus.<ref name=":0" /> He has taught Arabic in the United States since 2006 and currently teaches at Brown University.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.brown.edu/new-faculty/humanities/miled-faiza|title=Miled Faiza {{!}} News from Brown|access-date=2017-12-15|language=en}}</ref>

== Poetry collections ==

* (2019) ʾAṣābiʿ al-naḥḥāt ({{Lang|ar|أصابع النحات}} (The sculptor's fingers)) * (2004) Baqayā al-bayt alladhī dakhalnāhā maratan wāḥida ({{Lang|ar|بقايا البيت اللذي دخلناه مرة واحدة}} (Remains of a house we only entered once'')''

== Translations == * (2023) ''al-Rabīʿ'' (الربيع), translation of Ali Smith novel Spring<ref>{{Cite web |title=الربيع |trans-title=Spring |url=https://kalimatgroup.ae/ar/spring.html |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Kalimat Group |language=ar}}</ref> * ''(''2021) ''The Italian'', translation (with Karen McNeil) of Shukri Mabkhout novel ''al-Talyānī'' ({{Lang|ar|الطلياني}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Italian - Shukri Mabkhout |url=http://www.europaeditions.com.cricchetto.frequenze.it/book/9781609457013/the-italian |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Europa Editions |language=en}}</ref> *''(''2019) ''al-Shitāʾ'' ({{Lang|ar|الشتاء}}), translation of Ali Smith novel ''Winter''<ref>{{Cite web |title=الشتاء |trans-title=Winter |url=https://kalimatgroup.ae/ar/winter.html |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Kalimat Group |language=ar}}</ref> *''(''2017) ''al-Kharīf'' ({{Lang|ar|الخريف}}), translation of Ali Smith novel ''Autumn''<ref>{{Cite web |title=الخريف |trans-title=Autumn |url=https://kalimatgroup.ae/ar/autumn-seasonal.html |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Kalimat Group |language=ar}}</ref>

==References== <references />

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