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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



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Homeland Elegies

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American Dervish

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Disgraced

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The Who & The What: A Play

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The Invisible Hand

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Junk

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

“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

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

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