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Amit Majmudar (born 1979) is an American
novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...
and
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 (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
. In 2015, he was named the first Poet Laureate of Ohio.


Life

Majmudar, a son of Indian immigrants, grew up in the
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area. He earned a BS at the
University of Akron The University of Akron is a public university, public research university in Akron, Ohio, United States. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM fields, STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advance ...
and an MD at
Northeast Ohio Medical University Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a public medical school in Rootstown, Ohio, United States. It specializes in graduate education in medicine and pharmacy but also has a College of Graduate Studies. Its medical school has partnershi ...
. He is a diagnostic
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specializing in nuclear medicine practicing full-time in
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, where he lives with his wife Ami and his twin sons, Shiv and Savya, and daughter Aishani. His poems have appeared in ''The Antioch Review'', ''Image'', ''
Poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
'', ''National Poetry Review'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
''.


Bibliography


Novels

*''Partitions'', Metropolitan Books, 2011. * *''Sitayana,''
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'','' 2019.


Poetry

Collections * * * Amit Majmudar
''Verse Wisconsin'' (retrieved Dec. 17, 2015) * ''Dothead'',
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, 2016 Translations * Godsong : a verse translation of the Bhagavad Gita Anthologies *Resistance, rebellion, life : 50 poems now / edited and introduced by Amit Majmudar


Notes


Further reading


"Book Review: 'Partitions'"
NPR.

''The New York Times''.

''The Plain Dealer''.

''The Seattle Times''.

''The Virginian-Pilot''.

''The Washington Post''.

''The Plain Dealer''.

''India West''.

''The Columbus Dispatch''.
"To Take Out Trump, Hillary Clinton Must First Dispense With Her Inner Politician"
''Time''.


External links


Amit Majmudar
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Amit Majmudar
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