Hutchins, William Maynard 1944-

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HUTCHINS, William Maynard 1944-

PERSONAL: Born October 11, 1944, in Berea, KY; son of Francis Stephenson (a college president) and Louise Frances (a physician; maiden name, Gilman) Hutchins; married Sarah Sadler (a graphic artist); children: Franya Elizabeth, Kip Grosvenor. Ethnicity: "Anglo." Education: Yale University, B.A., 1964; University of Chicago, M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1971.

ADDRESSES: Home—550 Country Haven Lane, Todd, NC 28684. Offıce—Department of Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. E-mail—hutchwm@appstate.edu.

CAREER: Gerard Institute, Sidon, Lebanon, instructor in English, 1964-65; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago, IL, Middle East research editor, 1971-72; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, instructor in Arabic, 1972-73; University of Chicago, visiting assistant professor of Arabic, 1973-74; University of Ghana, lecturer and head of Arabic studies, 1974-77; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, postdoctoral researcher at Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1977-78; Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, assistant professor, 1978-81, associate professor, 1981-86, professor of philosophy and religion, 1986—. Bowdoin College, visiting assistant professor, 1979; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, visiting assistant professor, 1980; New York University, visiting scholar at Center for Near Eastern Studies, 1983; American Research Center in Egypt, fellow, 1984-85; American University in Cairo, professor, 1991-93; University of Angers, exchange professor, 2002-03. ASU Loft Facility, New York, NY, director, 1983.

MEMBER: Middle East Studies Association, American Literary Translators Association.

AWARDS, HONORS: CASA fellow in Egypt, 1968-69; grant for Egypt, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1984-85; first prizes for fiction, Crucible, 1987, 1991.

WRITINGS:

Tawfiq al-Hakim: A Reader's Guide, Lynne Rienner Publishers (Boulder, CO), 2003.

Contributor of articles, short stories, and reviews to periodicals, including Cold Mountain Review, Crucible, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Middle East Journal, Paintbrush, Translation Review, and Muslim World.

TRANSLATOR

Plays, Prefaces, and Postscripts of Tawfiq al-Hakim, Three Continents Press (Washington, DC), Volume 1: Theater of the Mind, 1981, Volume 2: Theater of Society, 1983.

Ibrahim Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini, Al-Mazini's Egypt, Three Continents Press (Washington, DC), 1983.

Muhammad Salmawy, Come Back Tomorrow, Alef Publishing House (Cairo, Egypt), 1985.

(With others; and editor) Egyptian Tales and Short Stories of the 1970s and 1980s, American University in Cairo Press (Cairo, Egypt), 1987.

(And editor) Nine Essays of al-Jahiz, Peter Lang Publishing (New York, NY), 1989.

Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1990.

(And author of introduction) Tawfiq al-Hakim, Return of the Spirit, Three Continents Press (Washington, DC), 1990.

Naguib Mahfouz, Palace of Desire, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1991.

Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1992.

(And editor) Tawfiq al-Hakim, In the Tavern of Life and Other Stories, Lynne Rienner Publishers (Boulder, CO), 1997.

Naguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy, Everyman's Library (New York, NY), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Translating Anubis by Ibrahim al-Koni, for American University in Cairo Press; translating Dar al-Basha: The Pasha's Residence by Hasan Nasr and A Feminine Ending and Other Stories by Fatima Yousef al-Ali.