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Who wrote the poem "House of a thousand doors"?

AKamala Das

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CMeena Alexander

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Answer:

C. Meena Alexander

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Meena Alexander

  • Born in Allahabad, India, poet Meena Alexander was raised in Kerala and Sudan.

  • Educated in Sudan and Nottingham, UK, worked in Hyderabad and Delhi, India and settled in New York.

  • At five years of age, Alexander and her family moved to the Sudan, where she at- tended school in Khartoum.

  • She began publishing her poetry (in Ar- abic translation) at fifteen in Sudanese newspapers.

  • After going to Nottingham University in Britain to receive her Ph.D., Alexander returned to India to teach at Delhi Uni- versity, Central Institute of Hyderabad, and Hyderabad University.

  • she was the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Atmospheric Embroidery (2018), Birthplace with Buried Stones (2013), and PEN Open Book Award-winner Illiterate Heart (2002).


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