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Agha Shahid Ali Qizilbash (4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001) was an Indian-born American poet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Born into a Kashmiri Muslim family, Ali immigrated to the United States and became affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry .
The Country Without a Post Office is a 1997 collection of poems written by the Kashmiri-American [a] poet Agha Shahid Ali. [2] [3] The title poem, which has become a symbol for freedom, is one of the most famous about Kashmir. In the decades since its publication, under renewed conflict and censorship in the region, it has been cited by ...
Manjula Narayan of Hindustan Times wrote: "The form contributes to much of the power of this book that speaks of the pain of fleeing a beloved home, incorporates moving descriptions of rituals specific to the Shaivite Pandits, and weaves in oral histories and snatches of poetry from, among others, Lal Ded and Agha Shahid Ali". [2]
It was also included in the 2010 issues of both the 'Books of the Year' list by The Economist [2] and 'A Year's Reading' by The New Yorker. [3] J&K authorities have removed Curfewed Night from the curriculum of Cluster University and University of Kashmir. Education advisors in Delhi/Srinagar have maintained that such “Resistance Literature ...
The Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize [10] Prizewinners are listed below according to year. [11] 2010: Jennifer Perrine, In the Human Zoo; 2009: Jon Wilkins, Transistor Rodeo; 2008: Jessica Garratt, Fire Pond; 2007: Susan McCabe, Descartes' Nighmare; 2006: Jane Springer, Dear Blackbirds; 2005: Bino Realuyo, The Gods We Worship Live Next Door
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin ... Adunis (born 1930, Syria, p/nf), born Ali Ahmad Said Esber; ... Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001 ...
Hauwa Ali (has entry in Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature) Kara Candito (Pushcart Prize winner, Prairie Schooner Book Prize winner, Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize winner) Xuan Juliana Wang (Pushcart Prize winner, various prizes and fellowships from The Corporation of Yaddo, Cite des Arts International, Breadloaf Writer's Conference and the ...
Agha Shahid Ali, poet; Aimee Nezhukumatathil, poet; Alka Joshi, author; Amitav Ghosh, Indo-nostalgic writer and winner of Prix Médicis étranger; Anita Desai, novelist; shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times; mother of Kiran Desai; Anju Hasan, author, of Neti,Neti; Anu Garg, author, speaker, and computer engineer