1927 (Ahmedabad) – 2018 (Ahmedabad) • The Quiet Modernist
"A Sahitya Akademi Award winner from Gujarat, Mohammad Alvi intentionally moved away from the grand, dramatic tropes of classical poetry. Instead, he wrote with striking simplicity about everyday, mundane objects—like doors, cups of tea, and neighborhood cats—finding profound poetry and fresh imagery in the ordinary aspects of life."