Maki Kureishi (1927

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

– Karachi 1995) was a Pakistani

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

. She taught at the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (wh ...

for 30 years. She wrote in English. Her nephew is

Hanif Kureshi Hanif Kureishi (born 5 December 1954) is a British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist of South Asian and English descent. In 2008, ''The Times'' included Kureishi in its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. Early l ...

Works

"For My Grandson"
''Drunken Boat 10'' * *

Anthologies

References

External links

"Remembering Maki Kureishi (1927-1995)"
''Pakistan: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature'', September 1996, 31: 109-121
"Pakistan"
''Pakistan Quarterly'', Volume 17
''Rāvī''
Volume 70, Government College (Lahore, Pakistan), Gavarnmint Kālij. 1980 1927 births 1995 deaths Writers from Kolkata Muhajir people English-language poets from Pakistan University of Karachi faculty Pakistani women academics Pakistani women poets 20th-century women writers 20th-century Pakistani poets 20th-century Pakistani women writers {{Pakistan-poet-stub