Shamshad Abdullaev

Shamshad Abdullaev:  (b. 1957), a leading poet of the “Fergana School” (Uzbekistan).  His work has appeared in English in TriQuarterly, Atlanta Review, The Manhattan Review, St. Petersburg Review, Plume, Words Without Borders, and World Literature Today.  His most recent book is Priblizhenie Okrain (Outskirts Encroaching).  He was awarded the Joseph Brodksy Memorial Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome in 2015.