Reetika Vazirani

Quick Facts

Full Name	Reetika Vazirani
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Aug 9, 1962(1962-08-09)
Age	62
Date Of Death	2003-07-16
Birthplace	Patiala
Country	India
Birth City	Punjab
Horoscope	Leo

Reetika Vazirani Biography

Reetika Vazirani is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 9, 1962 in Patiala, Punjab, India. Indian-American poet, translator and teacher, who is best known for White Elephants, World Hotel and other poetry collections. She was awarded the Barnard Women Poets Prize 1996.

She was a literary contemporary of American poet She was a literary contemporary of fellow American poet Maggie Estep..

Reetika Gina Vazirani (9 August 1962 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian/American immigrant poet and educator.

Vazirani was the author of two poetry collections, White Elephants, winner of the 1995 Barnard New Women Poets Prize, and World Hotel (Copper Canyon Press, 2002), winner of the 2003 Anisfield-Wolf book award. She was a contributing and advisory editor for Shenandoah, a book review editor for Callaloo, and a senior poetry editor for Catamaran, a journal of South Asian literature. She translated poetry from Urdu and had some of her poems translated into Italian.

She was in a long-term partnership with poet Yusef Komunyakaa who was also the father of her child.

Reetika Vazirani Net Worth

Reetika Vazirani is one of the richest Poet from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Reetika Vazirani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before joining the College of William and Mary, she studied at Wellesley College and at the University of Virginia.

After killing her toddler son, she committed suicide in 2003.

Vazirani was born in Patiala, India, in 1962 and went to the United States with her family in 1968. After graduating from Wellesley College in 1984, she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to travel to India, Thailand, Japan, and China. She also received an M.F.A. from the University of Virginia as a Hoyns Fellow.

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Reetika Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Reetika Vazirani celebrates birthday on August 9 of every year.