Adrian A. Husain
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Adrian A. Husain is a Pakistan
i poet of the English language. He received a Ph.D.
in English literature
and his thesis was on Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Castiglione
. His poetry has been published in the United States
and the United Kingdom
in addition to his native Pakistan. In 1968 he won the Guinness Poetry Prize. He often writes articles in the Dawn
and other newspapers. His anthology Desert Album (ISBN 0-19-577809-X) was published by Oxford University Press
.
Husain has been called the finest Pakistani poet writing in English. He has said that he aspires to write verse that transcends time and space, rather than specifically Pakistani ethnic poetry.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i poet of the English language. He received a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
and his thesis was on Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, count of was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.-Biography:Castiglione was born into an illustrious Lombard family at Casatico, near Mantua, where his family had constructed an impressive palazzo...
. His poetry has been published in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in addition to his native Pakistan. In 1968 he won the Guinness Poetry Prize. He often writes articles in the Dawn
Dawn (newspaper)
Dawn is Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper. One of the country's two largest English-language dailies, it is the flagship of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, published by Pakistan Herald Publications, which also owns the Herald, a magazine, the evening paper The Star and...
and other newspapers. His anthology Desert Album (ISBN 0-19-577809-X) was published by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
.
Husain has been called the finest Pakistani poet writing in English. He has said that he aspires to write verse that transcends time and space, rather than specifically Pakistani ethnic poetry.