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Books, Literature, Poetry books
Ariel,Writer : sylvia plath
About the Author
Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Later, she went on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, England. There she met Ted Hughes at a party in February 1956 and they married in June of the same year. They lived in the United States and later in England and had two children. Plath spent most of her adult life in depression. She made many unsuccessful attempts at her life and finally committed suicide on February 11, 1963.
Plath was an exceptionally gifted poet and is frequently dubbed as one of the best woman poets of the western world. She won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems in 1982. She wrote fiction too and her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar is one of the most read novels today.
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Books, Literary Essays, Literature
Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches From Lahore, New York, and London,Writer : Mohsin Hamid
Books, Literary Essays, LiteratureDiscontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches From Lahore, New York, and London,Writer : Mohsin Hamid
About the Author
Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels-Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Exit West and The Last White Man-and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema. Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California.
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Books, Islam, Literature, Religion, Sufism/Mysticism
From Darkness Into Light,Writer : A.Helwa
About the Author
A. Helwa believes that every single person on Earth is deeply loved by the Divine. She is a writer who has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers through her passionate, poetic, and love-based approach to spirituality. Her popular blog @quranquotesdaily, was established while obtaining her Masters in Divinity, as a means of helping others overcome personal and spiritual struggles on their journey of experiencing divine love.
With over 15 years of experience writing and speaking on Islam and spiritual development, A. Helwa draws from her personal experiences and traditional sources to help her readers access Divine love in everyday life.
When Helwa is not reading at coffee shops, she can be found climbing mountains, camping in deserts, hiking jungles, or reading about black holes.
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Books, Literature, Poetry books
Pakistani Urdu Poetry: an anthology Of the Post Iqbal Urdu Nazm,Writer : Yasmmen Hameed
Books, Literature, Poetry booksPakistani Urdu Poetry: an anthology Of the Post Iqbal Urdu Nazm,Writer : Yasmmen Hameed
About the Author
Yasmeen Hameed has over thirty five years of experience in the fields of education, literature and art. She has authored five books of poetry in Urdu. These are Pas-e Aina (1988), Hisar-e Be Dar-o-Divar (1991), Adha Din Aur Adhi Rat (1996), Fana Bhi Ek Sarab (2001) and Be Samar Peron Ki Kvahish (2012). The first four books were collectively published under the title Düsri Zindagi (700 pages) in 2007. A selection of her poetry titled Hum Do Zamanon Men Paida Hue was published in 2018. Her book, Pakistani Urdu Verse (English… 513 pages) was published b Oxford University Press in 2010. She has compiled and edited Daybreak: Writings on Faiz published by Oxford University Press in 2013. She has also compiled and edited Naya Urdu Afsana by Sang-e Meel Publications in 2014. Her poem was published in translation in Granta, 112 Pakistan from London, UK and five of her poems in translation are included in an anthology called Modern Poetry of Pakistan, published b Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign and London, USA. Her poems in translation were also published in Atlanta Review: Pakistan, Spring and Summer 2014. Fourteen of her poems with English translation were published in Three Contemporary Artists by Iffat Sayeed, published in 2019 by the University of Punjab, Lahore. She was Guest Editor of Pakistani Literature (English), published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad and has edited seven volumes of the journal, including two volumes of a special issue on women writers from Pakistan. She has contributed to the column called Poetic Justice of the Books && Authors section of the daily Dawn. She has also hosted music and literary programmes for Pakistan Television. Her third collection of poetry was awarded the National Allama Mohammed Iqbal Award for the best book of poetry for the year 1996. Her fourth collection was awarded the Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Award for the best book of poetry for the year 2001. Her book, Pakistani Urdu Verse was awarded the UBL/ Jang Literary Excellence Award in 2012. In 2006, she received the Fatima Jinnah Medal for Literature by the Government of Punjab. In 2008, she was awarded the Tamgha-e Imtiaz for Literature by the Government of Pakistan.
Yasmeen Hameed was the Founder Director of the Gurmani Centre for South Asian Languages and Literature in the Social Sciences Department at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). She also developed and taught courses in Urdu Literature at LUMS. She worked there from August 2007 to 2016.
She owns and has established The Lahore Alma (Junior/ Senior School) in DHA, Lahore. The school was established in 1986. It now has a strength of over 800 students from Playgroup (age 3) to A-Levels (age 18). The school is registered with the University of Cambridge, UK. She is Director of the school.
She has a Master s degree in Nutrition for which she was awarded a gold medal in 1972 by the University of Punjab, Lahore.
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Books, Literature, Poetry books
The Colossus,Writer : Sylvia Plath
About the Author
Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Later, she went on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, England. There she met Ted Hughes at a party in February 1956 and they married in June of the same year. They lived in the United States and later in England and had two children. Plath spent most of her adult life in depression. She made many unsuccessful attempts at her life and finally committed suicide on February 11, 1963.
Plath was an exceptionally gifted poet and is frequently dubbed as one of the best woman poets of the western world. She won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems in 1982. She wrote fiction too and her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar is one of the most read novels today.
SKU: 25973
