Poets/Writers From USA
Total: 203
Abu Hafs Umar Nasafi
- Born : Uzbekistan
- Died : Chicago
Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht
- Born : Bahawalpur
- Domicile : Bahawalpur
- Died : Bahawalpur
Patras Bukhari
Patras Bokhari was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster and diplomat from Pakistan. He is best known for his humorous writings in Urdu literature.
Adil Mansuri
One of the leading modernist poets who broke many conventions. Wrote poetry in Urdu and Gujarati. He was also a famous calligrapher and playwright
Ahmad Mushtaq
One of the leading and reputed Pakistani poets known for his neo-classical tone, equally well-known in India, lives in Houston USA.
Ishrat Afreen
Renowned feminist poet, known for her social consciousness and creative sensibility.
Khalid Irfan
- Domicile : New York
Prominent Pakistani poet of humour and satire, living in New York, USA.
Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat
Adeem Hashmi
Popular Pakistani poet who gave voice to peple's life experiences.
C. M. Naim
An American scholar of Urdu language and literature
Charles Bukowski
- Born : Germany
- Died : los angeles
American poet, novelist, and short story writer
Dennis Brutus
- Died : Chicago
South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have South Africa banned from the Olympic Games due to its racial policy of apartheid.
Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Died : New York
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. Best known for his book, 'The Prophet'.
Gopi Chand Narang
Eminent Critic and Scholar. Known for his contribution to Post-Modernist theory in urdu.
Haneef akhgar
Harper Lee
an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird
Iftikhar Naseem
Louise Glück
Celebrated American poet and Nobel Laureate. Known for her thematically profound poetry that interrogates themes of personal trauma, familial dynamics, and the human relationship with nature.
Mahmoud Darwish
Palestinian poet and author. Regarded as Palestine's national poet.
Muneebur Rahman
Naheed Virk is a USA based Urdu poet and writer of Pakistani origin.
Noon Meem Danish
Raj Narayan Raaz
- Born : Balochistan
- Domicile : Delhi
- Died : Texas
Distinguished writer, poet and journalist. Earned a remarkable repute as the Editor of the popular Urdu magazine Aajkal.
Robert Frost
- Born : California
- Died : Boston
Salman Akhtar
Salman Akhtar is the son of Jan Nisar Akhtar. He is an author and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Sarwat Zehra
Prominent women poet from Pakistan, living in USA.
Satyapal Anand
- Born : Kot Sarang
- Domicile : USA
Nazm poet living in USA / Known for views against ghazal poetry
Sayyad Abul Ala Maudoodi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Lahore
- Died : New York
Sinclair Lewis
Syed Zameer Jafri
Pakistani poet famous for humorous poetry. Also wrote humorous columns in the newspapers and periodicals.
T. S. Eliot
William Ernest Hocking
William L. Langer
A. Doak Barnett
- Born : China
- Domicile : Washington DC
- Died : Washington DC
Adeel Zaidi
Ahmed Sohail
Anne Terry White
- Domicile : USA
Beena goindi
Bepsi Sidhwa
Pakistani novelist of Gujarati Parsi descen who writes in English and is resident in the United States
Charles H. Mayo
D. S. Halacy Jr
- Domicile : USA
- Born : Azamgarh
- Domicile : Washington DC
A distinguished poet, scientist, Cultural / literary activist, and has played a significant role in the promotion of Urdu literature in North America.
Dr. Yasin Aatir
- Born : Lahore
- Domicile : California