Parwana Fayyaz

Parwana Fayyaz is a poet, researcher, and photographer. She won the 2019 Forward Prize for the best single poem for ‘Forty Names’.

Parwana Fayyaz
BornKabul, Afghanistan
OccupationPoet, researcher, and photographer
Notable awardsForward Prize

Biography

Parwana Fayyaz was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. She studied CompLit and Creative Writing at Stanford University and is a research student at Cambridge University. Parwana Fayyaz major works are in English and began writing poetry in 2010.[1][2]

Awards
  • 2019, Forward Prize

References
  1. https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/parwana-fayyaz-wins-forward-prize-2019/
  2. http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/2019-forward-prizes/


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