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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.
Sep 14, 2020 · Akhtar’s mother, too, found a way to let her son know that he had her support. When he gave her a copy of “American Dervish,” it was with trepidation: would she feel that he had condoned his ...
- Alexandra Schwartz
- The Immigrant Son
- My Dad's Desires
- My Thoughtful Mother
- Post-Colonial Rage
"As the eldest son of an immigrant family — my parents were both the first to leave their countries and their respective families — there was a lot of love, a lot of expectation and a lot of investment in me. The decisions that I made in my life were very consequential for my parents, and the consequences on my parents were very consequential on me...
"My dad grew up in a rural and rugged part of northern Pakistan. His family was the only highly educated family in that area. His father had been sent to the tribal areas as a supervisor of agricultural education. They were Punjabis living in a very non-Punjabi atmosphere. "He often used to say to me that if he had more to do with my upbringing, I ...
"My mom was definitely a more reserved person. She enjoyed a quiet life — which she almost never had with my dad. She was a contemplative person and was very philosophical. She loved to read Marcus Aurelius and Baltasar Gracián. She liked to sit around with her sons talking about things, rather than being out doing something like my dad always want...
"I get a lot of grief any time I talk about this with any granularity — but Islamist views have had much deeper support in the Muslim world than people understand or realize. "Folks in the West don't seem to understand their own participation in all of this. It's as if we're over here in America, living our lives, drinking our beers — and then thes...
Sep 14, 2020 · It's Real, It's Fiction, It's A Paradox: Ayad Akhtar On His 'Homeland Elegies'. Ayad Akhtar won a Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, his play about a conflicted American Muslim man living in New...
- Noel King
Sep 18, 2020 · Having already announced their decision to arrange their only son’s marriage — and selected a prospective bride — my paternal grandparents didn’t even bother to show up to the wedding.
- Ayad Akhtar
His fearless engagement with complex topics such as religion, race, and power reflects a commitment to exploring the multifaceted nature of human experience. Akhtar’s innovative and impactful work earned him the Steinberg Playwriting Award, a testament to his exceptional talent and influence in contemporary theatre.
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Sep 14, 2020 · Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar centers his new novel on a Muslim man who, like Akhtar, is the son of Pakistani immigrants living in Wisconsin.
