Poets/Writers From Illinoi
Total: 23
Abu Hafs Umar Nasafi
- Born : Uzbekistan
- Died : Chicago
Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht
- Born : Bahawalpur
- Domicile : Bahawalpur
- Died : Bahawalpur
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
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.
Iftikhar Naseem
A dedicated Pakistani poet, known for bold writing and social activism, and a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights
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.
Charles H. Mayo
George W. Parker
an African-American political activist and writer who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World.
Lecturer of Hindi-Urdu, translator, editor, and textbook author University of Austin
- Domicile : Chicago
Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
- Born : Chicago
Raziya Faseeh Ahmad
- Domicile : Chicago
Prominent Pakstani fiction writer; received Adamji award for her novel "Aabla Paa".
Aabidullah Ghazi
- Born : Saharanpur
- Domicile : Chicago
Craig Rice
- Born : Illinoi
- Died : los angeles
Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Born : Chicago
- Domicile : Chicago
- Died : California
Munni Begum
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Chicago
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
- Born : Kanpur Nagar
- Domicile : Chicago