PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2002) Winner
Agha Shahid Ali
アーガ・シャヒド・アリー
Agha Shahid Ali
Aliases:
Agha Shahid Ali Qizilbash
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-02-04 （New Delhi）
- Died
- 2001-12-08 （Northampton, Massachusetts） age 52
- Nationality
- Indian, American
- Languages
- English, Urdu
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Residence History
- New Delhi, India → Jammu and Kashmir, India → Indiana, USA → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor
- Active Years
- 1972-2001
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Bennington College, University of Utah
- Influenced By
- Begum Akhtar, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Emily Dickinson
- Nominations
- National Book Award nomination (2001)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kashmir | — | Faculty of Arts | — | — | India |
| Hindu College, University of Delhi | — | English | — | — | India |
| University of Arizona | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | USA |
| Pennsylvania State University | — | English | PhD | — | USA |
University of Kashmir
Faculty of Arts
Country:
India
Early education
Hindu College, University of Delhi
English
Country:
India
University of Arizona
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
USA
MFA
Pennsylvania State University
English
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
USA
PhD in English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Prize Editors | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | 創造芸術 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2001 | National Book Award | Rooms Are Never Finished | — | National Book Foundation | ファイナリスト |
Pushcart Prize
Organization:
Pushcart Prize Editors
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1996
Category:
創造芸術
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Award
2001
Work:
Rooms Are Never Finished
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
ファイナリスト
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Country Without a Post Office
1997 PoetryPoetry collection with Kashmir conflict as backdrop.
KashmirExileLoss
Rooms Are Never Finished
2001 PoetryFinal poetry collection, finalist for National Book Award.
KashmirGhazal
Call Me Ishmael Tonight
2003 GhazalsCollection of English ghazals.
GhazalKashmir
Bibliography
- Bone Sculpture (1972)
- In Memory of Begum Akhtar and Other Poems (1979)
- The Half-Inch Himalayas (1987)
- A Walk Through the Yellow Pages (1987)
- A Nostalgist's Map of America (1991)
- The Country Without a Post Office (1997)
- Rooms Are Never Finished (2001)
- Call Me Ishmael Tonight (2003)
Translations by Author
- The Rebel's Silhouette: Translation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Ghazal formNew FormalismWordplay
- Recurring Motifs
- Kashmir conflictExileLossMusic
Health
-
Brain cancer2001年Cause of death.
Legacy
Renowned for ghazals in English and Kashmir-themed poetry. Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize established by University of Utah Press.
In Popular Culture
- Poems removed from University of Kashmir curriculum.
Trivia
- He was gay.
- Shia Muslim from Kashmir.
- Buried near Emily Dickinson's town.