Meena Alexander (1951–2018)
Author of Fault lines: a memoir
About the Author
Meena Alexander was born Mary Elizabeth Alexander in Allahabad, India on February 17, 1951. She received a bachelor's degree in English and French at the University of Khartoum in 1969 and a Ph.D. in English at the University of Nottingham in 1973. She taught at the University of Delhi, the show more University of Hyderabad, Fordham University, the City University of New York Graduate Center, and Hunter College. She wrote numerous volumes of poetry, two novels, and a memoir entitled Fault Lines. Her collections of poetry included Stone Roots, House of a Thousand Doors, Illiterate Heart, Poetics of Dislocation, Birthplace with Buried Stones, and Atmospheric Embroidery. Her novels included Nampally Road and Manhattan Music. She died from endometrial serous cancer on November 21, 2018 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Meena Alexander
Alexander, Meena Archive 1 copy
Stone-Eating Girl 1 copy
Associated Works
Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (1993) — Contributor — 160 copies, 3 reviews
Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American Women (1989) — Contributor — 148 copies
Written by Herself, Volume II: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United States (1996) — Contributor — 87 copies, 1 review
The Collected Poems: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text (2013) — Translator, some editions — 58 copies
Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India (1990) — Introduction, some editions — 46 copies
Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry (1995) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Slate of Life: More Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India (1990) — Contributor — 25 copies
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review
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- Other names
- Alexander, Mary Elizabeth (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1951-02-17
- Date of death
- 2018-11-21
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- India
- Birthplace
- Allahabad, India
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer (endometrial serous)
- Places of residence
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Education
- University of Khartoum
University of Nottingham (PhD) - Occupations
- poet
memoirist
essayist
literary scholar
professor
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- Works
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- Also by
- 17
- Members
- 293
- Popularity
- #79,900
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 46
- Languages
- 1