Shamim Azad, the foremost British-Bangladeshi poet in the UK, has recently been awarded A Poets’ Agora’s 2019 Residency. She is the first Asian, first woman and the first Bengali poet to win this prestigious residency located in Athens, Greece says a press release.
Azad is a bilingual poet, storyteller and writer. She has so far published
more than 35 books in Bangla and English. She was the first Bangladeshi poet, who has performed in Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Original poems by Shamim Azad and their translations have appeared in various internationally acclaimed publications including the New Yorker, a prestigious US literary magazine.
A POETS’ AGORA is a residency for poets or writers around the poetry by living Greek and Greece-inspired authors. The word Agora, with its root in the Greek word agorevein (speak) generally means a Bazar or a market. However, Its ancient meaning was a place where people belonging to group or groups could interact and exchange ideas.
The residency will provide Ms. Azad a calm and peaceful writing ambience in a beautifully decorated 1801 neoclassical house in Plaka, the ancient quarter of Athens from 10th-24th May 2019. This old and renowned house, has hosted dissident voices during the military Junta.
A Poets’ Agora will provide Shamim Azad the environment to be as productive as she can be in this amenable home. Azad’s poems written during the residency would be included in a separate quarto, which will accompany A Poets’ Agora’s Fall Publication. During the residency, Shamim Azad would give a couple of talks, run writing workshops for young Greek poets, and meet eminent Greek poets. Two finners would be organized in honour of Shamim Azad, which will provide her with an opportunity to interact and work with such acclaimed names from the Greek literary circle, as Katerina iliopoulou, G F Zaimis,Thodoris Chiotis, Christos Siorikis, Lyras Angela.
Azad is a bilingual poet, storyteller and writer. She has so far published
more than 35 books in Bangla and English. She was the first Bangladeshi poet, who has performed in Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Original poems by Shamim Azad and their translations have appeared in various internationally acclaimed publications including the New Yorker, a prestigious US literary magazine.
A POETS’ AGORA is a residency for poets or writers around the poetry by living Greek and Greece-inspired authors. The word Agora, with its root in the Greek word agorevein (speak) generally means a Bazar or a market. However, Its ancient meaning was a place where people belonging to group or groups could interact and exchange ideas.
The residency will provide Ms. Azad a calm and peaceful writing ambience in a beautifully decorated 1801 neoclassical house in Plaka, the ancient quarter of Athens from 10th-24th May 2019. This old and renowned house, has hosted dissident voices during the military Junta.
A Poets’ Agora will provide Shamim Azad the environment to be as productive as she can be in this amenable home. Azad’s poems written during the residency would be included in a separate quarto, which will accompany A Poets’ Agora’s Fall Publication. During the residency, Shamim Azad would give a couple of talks, run writing workshops for young Greek poets, and meet eminent Greek poets. Two finners would be organized in honour of Shamim Azad, which will provide her with an opportunity to interact and work with such acclaimed names from the Greek literary circle, as Katerina iliopoulou, G F Zaimis,Thodoris Chiotis, Christos Siorikis, Lyras Angela.
