Daniyal Mueenuddin       

By Lauren Pugliese     

Born: Los Angeles, California in 1963                         

Died: He hasn’t died

Awards: Daniyal Mueenuddin won the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award this year.  His book, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, was in the top ranked books for TIME Magazine, Publishers Weekly, The Economist, The Guardian, The New Statesman and The New York Times during 2009.

Works: He wrote In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (2009)

Style:  He writes in a poetic-like manner, where the words flow very well together.  He writes about the class differences that those in Pakistan experience. 

Quotation: “I don’t want to be identified as a Pakistani writer, but as a writer.”

Daniyal Mueenuddin is very heavily influenced by Chekov.

-          Wikipedia contributors. "Daniyal Mueenuddin." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 Sep. 2010. Web. 21 Sep. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniyal_Mueenuddin>

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-          Javed Jahangir. Interview with Daniyal Mueenuddin.  Beyond the Margins.  23 February.  2010.  Web.  20 Sep.  2010.  <http://beyondthemargins.com/2010/02/interview-with-daniyal-mueenuddin/>

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