Muhammad Umar Memon

Muhammad Umar Memon (}}; 1939 – 2018) was a scholar of the Urdu language and literature. As Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison, his activity included translation, short story writing, and editing the ''The Annual of Urdu Studies''.

Memon retired from the University of Wisconsin in 2009 after 38 years of teaching, but remained active as a scholar. He was also a long-time editorial board member of ''Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies'', as well as an advisor to the Urdu Project, which was created to meet the challenges of publishing translations of literary works of Urdu language in the North American market. Provided by Wikipedia