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 Majmudar at the Neustadt Festival 2015 | |
| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Akron (BS) Northeast Ohio Medical University (MD) |
| Spouse | Ami |
| Children | 3 |
Amit Majmudar (born 1979) [1] is an American novelist and poet. In 2015, he was named the first Poet Laureate of Ohio. [2]
Majmudar, a son of Indian immigrants, grew up in the Cleveland area. He earned a BS at the University of Akron and an MD at Northeast Ohio Medical University. [3] He is a diagnostic radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine practicing full-time in Columbus, Ohio, where he lives with his wife Ami and his twin sons, Shiv and Savya, and daughter Aishani.
His poems have appeared in The Antioch Review, [4] Image, [5] Poetry , National Poetry Review, [6] Smartish Pace , [7] River Styx , [8] and The New Yorker . [9]
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