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