Dilruba Ahmed

Dilruba Ahmed is a Bangladeshi American writer, educator, and poet.[1] Her work was selected by Major Jackson for The Best American Poetry 2019.

Dilruba Ahmed
NationalityBangladeshi
American
EducationUniversity of Pittsburgh
Warren Wilson College
GenrePoetry
Years active2011—present
Dilruba Ahmed delivers the keynote speech at the 2018 LitLife Poetry Conference, Rosemont College.

Early life

Dilruba Ahmed was born in the United States and grew up in western Pennsylvania and rural Ohio.[2] Her parents are from Bangladesh and immigrated to the United States. Her interest in poetry comes from her mother who used to write and recite poetry in Bangladesh. From her mother she learned the works of Rabindranath Tagore and Jibanananda Das.[3] She completed her BPhil and MAT from the University of Pittsburgh. She graduated with MFA from the Warren Wilson College. She has taught at the Low-Residency MFA program of the Chatham University and at Bryn Mawr College.[4][5]

Career

Dilruba Ahmed's first poetry collection Dhaka Dust won the Bakeless Prize awarded by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Graywolf Press, 2011)[6]. In her poem she writes about the Bangladeshi American experience in the United States and also in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[7] The book was selected by contest judge Arthur Sze.[8] Her poetry has been anthologized in The Human Experience (Bedford/St. Martin’s), Halal If You Hear Me (Haymarket Books), and An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry (University of Arkansas).[9] Her poem, "The 18th Century Weavers of Muslin Whose Thumbs Were Chopped" deals with colonial repression by the British Raj in the Bengal.[10]

Ahmed's second book, Bring Now the Angels, was selected by Ed Ochester for the Pitt Poetry Series and will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in April 2020.[11]

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References
  1. "Dilruba Ahmed: Interview". TriQuarterly. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. "Dilruba Ahmed: An Outsider Turns To Poetry". NPR.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "An Interview with Dilruba Ahmed". The American Literary Review. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. "Dilruba Ahmed". Poetry Foundation. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. Jennings, Dana (29 August 2011). "Poetry by Kathleen Ossip, Tracy K. Smith and Others". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. "Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, June 28, 2011". www.shelf-awareness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  7. "Book Review: 'Dhaka Dust' by Dilruba Ahmed". hyphenmagazine.com. Hyphen Magazine. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. "Interview: Dilruba Ahmed". thecollagist.com. The Collagist. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. "Dilruba Ahmed". pw.org. Poets & Writers. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. Wong, Mitali Pati; Hassan, Syed Khwaja Moinul (2013). The English Language Poetry of South Asians: A Critical Study. McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 9780786436224.
  11. "ABOUT". Dilruba Ahmed. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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