Shadab Zeest Hashmi

Shadab Zeest Hashmi (born August 16, 1972) is a Pakistani-American poet. Her poetry, written in English, has been translated into Spanish and Urdu.[1] She is also the editor of the Magee Park Poets Anthology.[2] Many of Hashmi's poems explore feminism, history and perspectives on Islam.

Biography

Hashimi grew up in Peshawar, Pakistan.[3] She graduated from Reed College in 1995[3] and received her MFA from Warren Wilson College.[4] Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner,[5] Poetry International, Vallum, Atlanta Review,[6] Nimrod, The Bitter Oleander,[2] Journal of Postcolonial Writings,[7] The Cortland Review, The Adirondack Review, New Millennium Writings, Universe: A United Nations of Poets, Drunken Boat, Split this Rock, Hubbub,[2] Pakistani Literature Women Writings[8] and others..

Shadab Zeest Hashmi's essays on eastern poetic forms such as the Ghazal and Qasida have been published in the Journal of Contemporary World Literature, and her essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies and Knot magazine.

In 2010, Poetic Matrix Press published Hashmi's book Baker of Tarifa, which won the 2011 San Diego Book Award for poetry.[9] The Baker of Tarifa describes a historical event of "interfaith tolerance" in Al Andalus.[10] Hashmi used historical documents to try to "depict a realistic account of the region in her poetry."[11] Hashmi was inspired to write the Baker of Tarifa after reading "The Great Mosque of Cordoba" by Muhammed Iqbal.[12]

Eleanor Wilner called Hashmi's poems "luminous." Shadab's latest book is Kohl & Chalk, which uses themes from her own life as a naturalized American citizen, while also remembering her home in Pakistan.[3]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Waqar, Arif (22 March 2015). "Writing Ghazal in English". The News on Sunday. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Turkovich, Marilyn (2 January 2012). "Shadab Zeest Hashmi: Call to Prayer". Voices: Compassion Education. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Donahue, Bill (June 2011). "Between Two Worlds". Reed Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2010). "Notes for my Husband". Pakistaniaat. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2014). "Ghazal: Tangle (Poem)". Prairie Schooner 88 (2): 23. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2014). "Qasida Sequence for Peshawar (Poem)". Atlanta Review 20 (2): 29–30. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2011-05-01). "Gunga Din’s Revenge; She breaks her fast with a pinch of salt; Bilingual". Journal of Postcolonial Writing 47 (2): 240–242. doi:10.1080/17449855.2011.557254. ISSN 1744-9855.
  8. ↑ "Women Writers Achieved Exceptional Prominence". The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan). 5 March 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Poem of the Day: “Guantanamo” by Shadab Zeest Hashmi". San Diego Free Press. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Pakistan". UniVerse. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Rauf, Saleha (21 February 2015). "LLF: 'Study the Past in Context to Learn From It'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Shamsie, Muneeza (2011). "South Asian Muslims: Fiction and Poetry in English". Religion & Literature 43 (1): 149–157. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via JSTOR. (subscription required (help)).

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