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Ayad Akhtar is a playwright, novelist, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of American Dervish (Little, Brown & Co.), published in over 20 languages and named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012. As a playwright, he has written Junk (Lincoln Center, Broadway; Kennedy Prize for American Drama, Tony nomination); Disgraced (Lincoln Center, Broadway; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony nomination); The Who & The What (Lincoln Center); and The Invisible Hand (NYTW; Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, Olivier, and Evening Standard nominations). As a screenwriter, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for The ...more

American Dervish in Italy



American Dervish in Italy

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Published on August 22, 2012 17:22
Average rating: 3.99 · 40,132 ratings · 5,212 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors
Homeland Elegies

4.12 avg rating — 24,939 ratings — published 2020 — 41 editions
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American Dervish

3.71 avg rating — 9,559 ratings — published 2012 — 61 editions
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Disgraced

3.84 avg rating — 4,603 ratings — published 2013 — 24 editions
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The Who & The What: A Play

3.92 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions
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The Radiance

3.73 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2026 — 6 editions
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The Invisible Hand

3.95 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions
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Junk

3.85 avg rating — 210 ratings — 5 editions
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Theater Theater 28 (Theater

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“The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.”
― Ayad Akhtar, American Dervish

“A day spent reading is not a great day. But a life spent reading is a wonderful life.”
― Ayad Akhtar, Homeland Elegies

“The established majority takes its "we" image from a minority of its best and shapes a "they" image of the despised outsiders from a minority of their worst.”
― Ayad Akhtar, Homeland Elegies

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