Afsar Mohammad

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Mahboob Ali "Afsar" Mohammad

Afsar Mohammad earned a M.A. in Literature from Osmania University. Presently he is a lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Texas-Austin. He is teaching 'South Asia and the Novel' 'Modern India and Literature' and Telugu courses. He is also working on his Ph.D. on Village Muharram Rituals in South India at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mr. Mohammad is a published writer in India. He has published three poetry collections, one short story collection and one book on modern literary theories. He has received many awards and honors including the Ugadi National Integration Honor from the Madras Telugu Academy. In 1991 he was awarded the Free Verse Front Award for the best poetry volume of the year. In 2007, he won the prestigious Bhaasha Samman Award from the Government of India for his collection of poems in Telugu.

He has been working for SASLI since the summer of 2003.

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