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Kazim Ali
Ali in 2019
Ali in 2019
Born (1971-04-05) April 5, 1971 (age 53)
Alma materUniversity at Albany
New York University
Genrepoetry

Kazim Ali (born April 5, 1971)[1] is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and professor. His most recent books are Inquisition (Wesleyan University Press, 2018) and All One's Blue (Harper Collins India, 2016). His honors include an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. His poetry and essays have been featured in many literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review,[2] Boston Review, Barrow Street, Jubilat, The Iowa Review, West Branch and Massachusetts Review, and in anthologies including The Best American Poetry 2007.

Life

He was born in the UK to parents of Indian descent, and raised in Canada and the United States. Kazim Ali received a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature from the University at Albany, and an MFA in creative writing from New York University.[3]

In 2003, he co-founded the independent press Nightboat Books, served as its publisher from 2004 to 2007, and currently serves as a founding editor.[4]

Ali is professor of literature and creative Writing at University of California, San Diego[5] and has taught in the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine.[6] Previously, he taught in the Liberal Arts Department of The Culinary Institute of America, at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, at Monroe College, and at Oberlin College.

Awards and honors

Published works

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

Translations

  • Water's Footfall, Poems of Sohrab Sepehri, translated by Kazim Ali and Mohammad Jafar Mahallati (Omnidawn Press, 2011). ISBN 978-1-890650-55-1.
  • The Oasis of Now, Poems of Sohrab Sepehri, translated from the Persian by Kazim Ali and Mohammad Jafar Mahallati (BOA, 2013). ISBN 9781938160226.
  • L'Amour by Marguerite Duras (Open Letter Books, 2013)
  • Abahn Sabana David by Marguerite Duras (Open Letter Books, 2016)

Anthologies

References

  1. ^ Library of Congress Name Authority Files
  2. ^ The American Poetry Review > Nov/Dec 2006, Vol. 35/No. 6 > Kazim Ali Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ BOA Editions > Author Page > Kazim Ali Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Nightboat Books > About Us: Editor Biographies Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Kazim Ali". Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  6. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2019-08-03). "Kazim Ali". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  7. ^ "Past Award Winners - Ohioana Library".
  8. ^ Chad W. Post (April 28, 2014). "BTBA 2014: Poetry and Fiction Winners". Three Percent. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  9. ^ Mad heart be brave : essays on the poetry of Agha Shahid Ali. Ali, Kazim, 1971-. Ann Arbor. 17 April 2017. ISBN 9780472122820. OCLC 984992139.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

Sources

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