Poets/Writers From USA

Patras Bokhari was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster, and diplomat from Pakistan. He is best known for his humorous writings in Urdu literature.

One of the leading modernist poets who broke many conventions, wrote poetry in Urdu and Gujarati. He was also a famous calligrapher and playwright.

One of the leading and reputed Pakistani poets, known for his neo-classical tone, equally well-known in India, lives in Houston, USA.

Renowned feminist poet, known for her social consciousness and creative sensibility.

Prominent Pakistani poet of humour and satire, living in New York, USA.

English Romantic poet; co-founder of the Romantic Age in English literature.

Popular Pakistani poet who gave voice to people's life experiences.

An American scholar of Urdu language and literature.

American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

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.

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist. Best known for his book, 'The Prophet'.

Eminent critic and scholar, known for his contribution to post-modernist theory in Urdu.

An American novelist best known for her 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

A dedicated Pakistani poet, known for bold writing and social activism, and a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights.

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.

Palestinian poet and author, regarded as Palestine's national poet.

Included as one of the most representative poets, also famous for translations of English dramas.

Munni Begum is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer. Her teacher in music was the famous singer Ustad Khwaja Ghulam Mustafa Warsi. She was honored with the.

Naheed Virk is a USA-based Urdu poet and writer of Pakistani origin.

Distinguished writer, poet, and journalist. Earned a remarkable repute as the editor of the popular Urdu magazine Aajkal.

Renowned American poet; recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes.

Polish-born American poet whose philosophical and humanist verses were translated into Urdu by Bano Tahira Sayeed.

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.

Prominent women poet from Pakistan, living in the USA.

Nazm poet living in the USA / Known for views against ghazal poetry.

Pakistani poet famous for humorous poetry. Also wrote humorous columns in the newspapers and periodicals.

Afroz Taj is a writer, poet, singer, and community leader. He produces a widely popular weekly radio program called Geet Bazaar that has thousands of listeners.

Pakistani novelist of Gujarati Parsi descent who writes in English and is resident in the United States.