Dr. Harry Aveling

Biography

Harry Aveling holds an adjunct appointment as a Professor in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. He specializes in Indonesian Malay Literature and Translation Studies, having published extensively in translation theory. He is the author of a significant entry in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies concerning Southeast Asian Translation Traditions. Aveling has translated a wide array of Indonesian Malay and Vietnamese Francophone writing, and has co-translated works from Hindi. His major translations include 'Secrets of Words: Indonesian Poetry 1966-1998', short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Translation Award in 2003, and 'Saint Rosa: Selected Verse of Dorothea Rosa Herliany', which won the Khatulistiwa Prize for Poetry in Jakarta in 2006. His current research relates to the work of Singapore Malay author Isa Kamari. Aveling has extensive teaching experience, having taught Translation Studies at prominent universities in Indonesia and Vietnam, and served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ohio University. He was the President of AALITRA, the Australian Association for Literary Translation from 2005 to 2008, and is currently the Immediate Past President of the Malaysia Singapore Society. He holds a PhD in Malay Literature from the National University of Singapore and has qualifications in literary translation and spirituality from various institutions.

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