Agha Shahid Ali
Poet, Award Winner
1949 – 2001
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Who was Agha Shahid Ali?
Agha Shahid Ali was a poet. His collections include A Walk Through the Yellow Pages, The Half-Inch Himalayas, A Nostalgist's Map of America, The Country Without a Post Office, Rooms Are Never Finished, the latter a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001.
The University of Utah Press awards the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize annually "in memory of a celebrated poet and beloved teacher".
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- Born
- Feb 4, 1949
New Delhi - Nationality
- United States of America
- India
- Profession
- Education
- MFA, University of Arizona
( - 1985) - University of Kashmir
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University
English Literature
( - 1984)
- MFA, University of Arizona
- Employment
- University of Utah
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
( - 2001/12/08)
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Dec 8, 2001
Amherst
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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