Agha Shahid Ali

Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001), author of several collections of poetry,
was born in New Delhi. He grew up in Kashmir and studied in India and
in the US. He taught English and creative writing in various universities
in the US. He was awarded Guggenheim and Ingram-Merrill Fellowships
and a Pushcart Prize, and his collection Rooms Are Never Finished was
finalist for the National Book Award in 2001. He also published a volume
of translations of poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, The Rebel’s Silhouette.