Agha Shahid Ali was born in New Delhi on February 4, 1949. He grew up Muslim in Kashmir, and was later educated at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, and the University of Delhi.

A tribute to the Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali who died of a brain tumour on December 8th in Amhearst, USA at the age of 52, a man of irrepressible spirit and maker of beautifully-crafted ...

Agha Shahid Ali, a Kashmiri-American poet who passed away in 2001, wrote about a lot of things. Some of those things were specific—Hindu ceremonies, American highways, his mother—but many of ...

The first time that Agha Shahid Ali, the great Kashmiri poet, spoke to me about his approaching death was in April of last year. The conversation began routinely. I had telephoned to remind him ...

Agha Shahid Ali, 52, a poet who was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry this year, died Dec. 8 in Amherst, Mass., of complications from a brain tumor.

Agha Shahid Ali, a Kashmiri-American poet who was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in Poetry, died Dec. 8 at his brother’s home in Amherst, Mass., where he was staying. He was 52 and ...

Last week Agha Shahid Ali’s eighth book of poems, Rooms Are Never Finished (W.W. Norton), was named a finalist for the 2001 National Book Awards. A Muslim born in Kashmir, he was educated in … ...

Poetry Center to Showcase Distinctive Literary Voices The Poetry Center of Smith College will showcase the distinctive literary voices of two local poets who have received national acclaim--Susan ...