O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 96 (2017) Winner
Amit Majmudar
アミット・マジムダル
Amit Majmudar
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1979 （Unknown）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cleveland area, Ohio → Columbus, Ohio
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Radiologist
- Active Years
- 1997-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Akron | — | — | BS | — | United States |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University | — | — | MD | — | United States |
University of Akron
Degree:
BS
Country:
United States
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Degree:
MD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Poet Laureate of Ohio | — | — | State of Ohio | 受賞 |
Poet Laureate of Ohio
2015
Organization:
State of Ohio
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Partitions
2011 NovelA novel about families displaced by the 1947 Partition of India.
Partition of IndiaFamily separationIdentity
The Abundance
2013 NovelA novel exploring family dynamics.
FamilyAbundance
0°, 0°: Poems
2009 PoetryCollection of poems.
Dothead
2016 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Entrance
- 0°, 0°: Poems
- Heaven and Earth
- Dothead
- Partitions
- The Abundance
- Sitayana
Translations by Author
- Godsong: a verse translation of the Bhagavad Gita
Legacy
First Poet Laureate of Ohio. American poet and novelist of Gujarati Indian descent, published in The New Yorker and others.
Trivia
- Son of Gujarati Indian immigrants.
- Married to Ami with three children: twin sons Shiv and Savya, and daughter Aishani.
- Full-time diagnostic radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine in Columbus, Ohio.