# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/agha-shahid-ali
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:42:29.463Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/agha-shahid-ali"
name: "Agha Shahid Ali"
slug: "agha-shahid-ali"
description: "Agha Shahid Ali Qizilbash was an Indian-born American poet. Born in New Delhi into a Shia Muslim family from Kashmir, Ali lived between India and the United States before permanently moving to the United States in his mid-twenties, where he became affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. His collections include A Walk Through the Yellow Pages, The Half-Inch Himalayas, A Nostalgist's Map of America, The Country Without a Post Office, and Rooms Are Never Finished, the latter a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001."
tagline: "Indian poet (1949–2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/AghaShahidAliPic.gif"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-02-04"
deathDate: "2001-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.049788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump