Forty Names by Parwana Fayyaz
Debut collection recalling the lives, experiences, and bravery of women in Afghanistan, which includes the 2019 Forward Prize-winning poem Forty Names.
'reminded us of the profound act of witness that poetry can be' - Shahida Bari, Forward Prize Judge on 'Forty Names'
Parwana Fayyaz was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1990. From the age of seven to sixteen, she was raised in Quetta, Pakistan. After finishing high school in Kabul, she enrolled in an English language immersion program and subsequently began her undergraduate studies in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She transferred to Stanford University and earned both her B.A. in 2015, with a major in Comparative Literature (with Honors) and a minor in Creative Writing (Poetry). She moved to Cambridge University to pursue a PhD in Persian Studies at Trinity College in September of 2016 and took up Junior Research Fellowship as the Carmen Blacker Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge University in October 2020. Author photo credit: Luca Zenobi
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800171077 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800171072 |
| Title | Forty Names |
| Author | Parwana Fayyaz |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Prizes | Winner of Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2019 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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