Ghassan Nasr is an academic and translator. He obtained an MFA from the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...

. He also obtained an MA and a PhD from Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

. He is currently an assistant professor in the English department at DePauw University

DePauw University

DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association...

. Nasr is the translator of The Journals of Sarab Affan by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra was a Palestinian author of Syriac-Orthodox origin born in Bethlehem at the time of the British Mandate...

. This translation was runner-up for the 2008 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation

Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation

The Banipal Prize, formally known as the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arabic language...

. He has also translated the poetry of Saudi poet Fowziyah Abu-Khalid.