Agha Shahid Ali
Agha Shahid Ali | |
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| Born | Agha Shahid Ali 4 February 1949 |
| Died | 8 December 2001 (aged 52) |
| Resting place | Bridge Street Cemetery Northampton, Hampshire County, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupations | Poet, Professor |
| Notable credit(s) | The Country Without a Post Office, Rooms Are Never Finished and The Rebel's Silhouette |
| Relatives | Agha Ashraf Ali (Father) Prof. Agha Iqbal Ali (brother) Prof. Hena Ahmad, Prof. Sameetah Agha (Sisters) Agha Shaukat Ali (Uncle) Begum Zaffar Ali (Grandmother) |
| Awards | Pushcart Prize, National Book Award 2001, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada (1996) |
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Agha Shahid Ali Qizilbash (4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001) was an Indian-born American poet. Born in New Delhi into a Shia Muslim family from Kashmir, Ali lived between India and the United States before permanently moving to the United States in his mid-twenties, where he became affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. 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, and 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 this "celebrated poet and beloved teacher."