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
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. In 2015, he was named the first
Poet Laureate of Ohio.
Life
Majmudar, a son of Indian immigrants, grew up in the
Cleveland
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area. He earned a BS at the
University of Akron
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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
radiologist
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specializing in nuclear medicine practicing full-time in
Columbus, Ohio
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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'', ''
Smartish Pace
''Smartish Pace'' is a non-profit, independent literary journal based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The magazine was founded in 1999 by Stephen Reichert (authored by member of journal's staff, published in an alumni magazine) who was a Universit ...
'', ''
River Styx
In Greek mythology, Styx (; ; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the mothe ...
'', 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.
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*''Sitayana,''
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
'','' 2019.
Poetry
Collections
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Amit Majmudar
''Verse Wisconsin'' (retrieved Dec. 17, 2015)
* ''Dothead'', Knopf
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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
at the Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is a United States literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture. It was formed from ''Poetry'' magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthrop ...
Amit Majmudar
at Penguin India
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1979 births
Living people
20th-century American poets
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers
American male poets
American male writers of Indian descent
American radiologists
Novelists from Ohio
Writers from Columbus, Ohio
Physicians from Ohio
Poets laureate of Ohio
The New Yorker people
University of Akron alumni
Writers from Cleveland
Northeast Ohio Medical University alumni
O. Henry Award winners