MANZALAOUI Prize

Award descriptionA $3,600 prize has been made available through an endowment established with a gift from the Estate of Mahmoud Aly Manzalaoui for a student who has excelled in a course in the language and/or literature of Middle English or Old English. Dr. Manzalaoui (1924-2015) was a scholar, teacher and friend to generations of students in Egypt, England and at the University of British Columbia. Those UBC students who took his course on Chaucer and other medieval topics will remember him for his lively classroom readings and informative lectures. He worked hard to impress on all of his students the importance of literature and its relation to life. The award is made on the recommendation of the Facility of Arts, and in the case of a graduate student, in consultation with the faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.