Agha Shahid Ali
1949 - 2001
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(1949-2001) Poet. Agha Shahid Ali was born in New Delhi, India, and died in Amherst, Massachusetts. He taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York.
Full Name
Agha Shahid Ali
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OTHER
Ali taught at Baruch College, Manhattan, New York.
1949
BIRTH
Agha Shahid Ali was born in New Delhi, India, on February 4, 1949.
1972
LITWORK
Bone Sculpture
Calcutta, India: Writers Workshop Publication
Poetry.
Calcutta, India: Writers Workshop Publication
Poetry.
1979
LITWORK
In Memory of Begum Akhtar and Other Poems
Calcutta, India: Writers Workshop
Poetry.
Calcutta, India: Writers Workshop
Poetry.
1987
LITWORK
A Walk Through the Yellow Pages
Tucson, Arizona: Sun / Gemini Press
0933313063 / 978-0933313064
Poetry.
Tucson, Arizona: Sun / Gemini Press
0933313063 / 978-0933313064
Poetry.
1987
LITWORK
The Half-Inch Himalayas
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press
0819521310 / 978-0819521316
Poetry.
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press
0819521310 / 978-0819521316
Poetry.
1987
OTHER
Ali was an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, from 1987 to 1993.
1989
OTHER
Ali was a visiting professor of creative writing at the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York in the spring of 1989.
1991
LITWORK
A Nostalgist's Map of America
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.
0393030210 / 978-0393030211
Poetry.
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.
0393030210 / 978-0393030211
Poetry.
1992
LITWORK
The Beloved Witness: Selected Poems
New Delhi, India: Viking Penguin
0670845248 / 978-0670845248
Poetry.
New Delhi, India: Viking Penguin
0670845248 / 978-0670845248
Poetry.
1997
LITWORK
The Country Without a Post Office
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
0393040577 / 978-0393040579
Poetry.
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
0393040577 / 978-0393040579
Poetry.
2000
LITWORK
Ravishing Disunities: Real Ghazals in English
Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England
0819564389 / 978-0819564382
Collection of ghazals by 107 poets, edited by Agha Shahid Ali.
Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England
0819564389 / 978-0819564382
Collection of ghazals by 107 poets, edited by Agha Shahid Ali.
2001
DEATH
Agha Shahid Ali died at his brother's home in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 8, 2001.
2001
INTERMENT
Agha Shahid Ali is interred at Northampton, Massachusetts.
2001
LITWORK
Rooms Are Never Finished
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
0393041492 / 978-0393041491
Poetry. Finalist for the National Book Award, 2001.
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
0393041492 / 978-0393041491
Poetry. Finalist for the National Book Award, 2001.
2001
RESIDENCE
Ali lived in Brooklyn, New York, at the time of his death.
2003
LITWORK
Call Me Ishmael Tonight: A Book of Ghazals
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc
0393051951 / 978-0393051957
Poetry.
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc
0393051951 / 978-0393051957
Poetry.
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