The Shattered She

Atif Khurshid Wani, the name without a fame, is a Kashmiri poet, reviewer and a columnist. He was born on 11th January, 1995 when everything around him was frozen. He is brought up in an educated family which belongs to Anantnag area of Kashmir valley. Atif graduated from Kashmir University and did his masters from LPU, Punjab. Though he started writing at the age of 16 but it was only in LPU where he published his first poem by the name of “Reigning Darkness” in International poetry anthology.

Since then Atif has become part of more than 30 national and international poetry anthologies. He has co-authored some anthologies as well: The way we were, Mourning of mother, Robaroo I & Robaroo II, Hibiscus, Moana of Dreams, Rhapsodie, Father_My Hero, Aulos, Mom’s the word besides.

Atif is an active member of numerous literature groups like Global Literary Society, Poemarium, IARL, Poetry Planet, Asian Literary Society. He has been awarded with Gold Medal by the Literature Lover’s Association for his outstanding performance in poetry competitions. His biography also appeared in the book “Biography of Living Poets” published in May 2020. His poetry contribution to different magazines include: The Love Child, Spellbound Love, Passionatechic, Litlight, Hold my Cold Heart, Life on Lease, and The Withered Throne. In addition to poetry, he has reviewed books like Tears Fall in My Heart, The Lost Princess and Unheard Voices for the newspapers like Kashmir Horizon, Country Talks and News Horizon. He has been named among the 100 bards of 2019 by literary club and professional enhancement club, Nigeria.

Currently Atif is a research scholar at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India.

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