Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu: محمد عمر میمن) Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies,[1](University of Wisconsin–Madison), Memon is an accomplished scholar, translator, poet, Urdu Short Story writer, and the editor of The Annual of Urdu Studies.[2] Memon retired from the University of Wisconsin after 38 years of service[3] but has remained active as a scholar: besides working on translation of Urdu works into English,[4] he serves on the editorial board of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies[5] and is also an advisor to the Urdu Project