Ifti Nasim
Born: 1946, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Died: July 22, 2011, Chicago, Illinois Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Nasim lived and worked in Chicago. Biography: Ifti Nasim was a poet, writer and activist. He wrote two collections of Urdu poems and received an honorary Doctorate of Literature from the World Peace Academy of Delaware. He co-founded Sangat/Chicago, a Southasian LBGT organization and support group. A popular speaker on sexual diversity at different universities across the globe, Nasim also received the R.N. Tagore Award. He was a past president of Southasian Performing Arts Council of America and was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Ifti Nasim on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ifti+nasim
Selected Titles
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A Lotus of another color : ISBN: 1555831710 OCLC: 26855093 Alyson Publications, Boston : 1993. |
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Myrmecophile : ISBN: 0738852295 OCLC: 47783987 "These poems describe the transition of a homosexual immigrant poet from Pakistan to an all-American gay writer and activist."--Page 4 of cover. |