At the Time of Partition

Name: At the Time of Partition
Brand: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
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English

By (author): Moniza Alvi

This book-length poem is set at the time of the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 when thousands of people were killed in civil unrest and millions displaced, with families later split between the two countries. Inspired by family history, Moniza Alvi weaves a deeply personal story of fortitude and courage, as well as of tragic loss, in this powerful work in 20 parts. At the Time of Partition was Moniza Alvi's first new poetry book after her T.S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted collection Europa, published in 2008 at the same time as Split World: Poems 1990-2005. It was also a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. See more

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Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
Publication Date: 21 Nov 2013
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781852249847

About Moniza Alvi

Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hertfordshire. After working for many years as a secondary school teacher in London she is now a freelance writer and tutor and lives in Wymondham Norfolk. Her latest books are Blackbird Bye Bye out in 2018; her book-length poem At the Time of Partition (Bloodaxe Books 2013); Homesick for the Earth her versions of the French poet Jules Supervielle (Bloodaxe Books 2011); Europa (Bloodaxe Books 2008); and Split World: Poems 1990-2005 (Bloodaxe Books 2008) which includes poems from her five previous collections The Country at My Shoulder (1993) A Bowl of Warm Air (1996) Carrying My Wife (2000) Souls (2002) and How the Stone Found Its Voice (2005). The Country at My Shoulder was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot and Whitbread poetry prizes and Carrying My Wife was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Europa and At the Time of Partition were selected as Poetry Book Society Choices in 2008 and 2013 respectively and both were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Moniza Alvi received a Cholmondeley Award in 2002. A collection of her poems was published in Italy by Donzelli Editore in their Poesia series in 2014 Un mondo diviso translated by Paola Splendore.