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   Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He has received numerous accolades including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as nominations for two Tony Awards.

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   Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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4. www.bookbrowse.com › biographies › indexAyad Akhtar author biography - BookBrowse

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   Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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   Ayad Akhtar is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Born in Staten Island, New York to Pakistani parents, Akhtar's work deals with themes of immigration, religion, and American-Muslim identity. In 2013, Akhtar received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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6. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2020/09/21An American Writer for an Age of Division - The New Yorker

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   The playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar has never been afraid of provoking audiences. His latest work explores the origins of Trump’s toxicity, the tensions of Muslim identity, and the ...

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   Mar 30, 2023 · Akhtar is the author of Homeland Elegies (Little, Brown & Co.) and , American Dervish (Little, Brown & Co.). As a playwright, he has written Junk, Disgraced, The Who & The What, and The Invisible Hand. Akhtar is a Board Director at Yaddo and serves as President of PEN America.

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   Who is Ayad Akhtar?

   • Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He has received numerous accolades including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as nominations for two Tony Awards.

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   What is Akhtar known for?

   • Akhtar is known as a playwright covering various themes including the American - Muslim experience, racism, religion, economics, immigration, and identity. For his work on Broadway, Akhtar received Tony Award for Best Play nominations for Disgraced (2015) and Junk (2017). He also authored the plays The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand.

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   What books has Ayad Akhtar written?

   • Ayad Akhtar is the author of Homeland Elegies (Little, Brown & Co.) and American Dervish (Little, Brown & Co.). As a playwright, he has written Junk, Disgraced, The Who & The What, and The Invisible Hand. Akhtar is a Board Director at Yaddo and serves as President of PEN America.

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   Is Ayad Akhtar ambivalence?

   • Ayad Akhtar’s autofictional novel cunningly entwines outrage and ambivalence. Photograph by Cole Barash for The New Yorker A year after Donald Trump assumed office, Ayad Akhtar was at the American Academy in Rome, contemplating populism, the degradation of democracy, and ruinous civil strife.

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   Did Ayad Akhtar win a Pulitzer Prize in 'homeland elegies'?

   • The New York Times. November 23, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2021. ^ Charles, Ron. "Review | Ayad Akhtar's play 'Disgraced' won a Pulitzer Prize. Now 'Homeland Elegies' shows what that success cost him". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 23, 2021. ^ a b "The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020". Time.

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   Is Akhtar serious about his work?

   • Akhtar is serious about his work to a point that can delight collaborators, or drive them mad. He and Boras met when she was cast in an early reading of “Junk”; they decided not to work together again. “I get really nervous when I have a show going up,” he said.

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9. www.thedailystar.net › who-ayad-akhtar-2117149Who is Ayad Akhtar? - The Daily Star

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   Jun 24, 2021 · When I began reading Homeland Elegies (Little, Brown and Company, 2020), all I knew about it was that it was a memoir; an account of the life of the author, Ayad Akhtar—a second-generation...