Parwana Fayyaz

Parwana Fayyaz is a poet, researcher, and photographer. She has won the 2019 Forward Prize for the best single poem for ‘Forty Names’.

Parwana Fayyaz was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. She studied CompLit and Creative Writing at Stanford University and is a research student at Cambridge University. Parwana Fayyaz major works are in English and began writing poetry in 2010 .