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George Grigore | |
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 George Grigore in Mardin, 2006 | |
| Born | George Grigore 2 February 1958 Grindu, Romania |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, essayist, translator, professor |
George Grigore or Gheorghe Grigore (born 2 February 1958) is a Romanian writer, essayist, translator, professor and researcher in Middle Eastern Studies.
George Grigore was born in the village of Grindu, Ialomița (southeastern Romania), on 2 February 1958. In 1983, he graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Bucharest. In 1997, he earned a Ph.D. from the same university, with a dissertation titled Some Questions Regarding the Translation of the Qur’an into Romanian.
In 2000, as an editor-translator at Kriterion Publishing House ro:Editura Kriterion, he launched the Bibliotheca Islamica collection, where he has published his own translations of numerous works fundamental to Islamic culture, and works of other translators. His translation of the Qur’an was most noteworthy and published in several editions, including a bilingual one, printed in Istanbul, in 2003. He has published studies on the Qur’an and Islam, as well as on the Arabic dialects, with a focus on the dialects of Baghdad and Mardin. He has also undertaken research in Kurdish Studies.
Since 2001, Grigore has been the associate editor of Romano-Arabica, the academic review published by the Centre of Arabic Studies at the University of Bucharest.
Grigore has published translations of Romanian literature into Arabic, including The Mould, by the Romanian playwright Marin Sorescu (Al-Mağrā, Baghdad) and The Tyranny of Dream, by the Romanian poet Carolina Ilica (Taghyān al-Hulm, Lebanon). His anthology of Romanian poetry translated into Arabic (Kāna yağibu, Baghdad) has been awarded a prize by the Iraqi Writers Union.
In addition to lecturing at the University of Bucharest, [1] Grigore has written practical books for students of Arabic, such as dictionaries, a conversation guide, and a manual of orthography and calligraphy.
In 2023, he was awarded the Sheykh Hamad pentru Traducere și Înțelegere Internațională (Sheykh Hamad award for translation and international understanding), for the body of his translation work. [2]
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