Award-winning Poet and Author, Ali Ashhar, has been invited to deliver a talk for his impactful journey which resonated well with the professor at Fern University, Germany. Ali Ashhar believes mankind is the fruit of the same tree and this perception was well received. His creative stance makes people curious and his writings regularly address social issues. The aim behind the invitation is to instill the same values within students which Ali Ashhar believes mankind to be. Moreover, his inspirational journey was also a motive behind the invite .
Ali Ashhar is a poet, short story writer and columnist. His writing stint began during his college days as a literature student. He is an internationally-acclaimed author who has won several international literary awards with his writings being published in 20 countries around the globe. He is the author of two poetry collections, Mirror of Emotions (Notion Press, 2021) and Across the Shore (Zorba Books, 2024). Following the release of his debut book, he was chosen as the Best Debut Author for the year 2021 by The Indian Awaz and was the recipient of a Foxclues India Prime 100 Authors Award, Elite Book Awards and Rising Stars Award. Apart from it, he has been named in the list of winners of several national and international writing competitions organised by Loft Books London, Delhi Poetry Slam, S7 Poetry and others. He has done podcasts for several literary organisation and shot a You Tube video in 2024 for a campaign organized by University English, United Kingdom (a campaign supported by the University of Oxford).
In 2022, he was named as one of the “30 Most Talented” personalities by Hindustan Metro. His works have been published extensively in the Europe and the US. In 2023, he was invited to recite his poems by Illinois State University. In 2024, he was invited to attend different literary festivals in California as his works reached different libraries and universities of California region. His works can be found in Wild Court International Poetry Journal (King’s College London), Brio Journal (New York University), Euphemism (Illinois State University), The Sandy River Review (University of Maine), The Clarion ( Sinclair Community College), Penmen Review (Southern New Hampshire University) Live Wire, Kashmir Observer, Amar Ujala and The Bosphorus Review of Books, among others. He usually discusses his writing style and stance on life in interviews and podcast. He believes in the upliftment of society and has worked towards it by dedicating his writings to the cause of mental health and social justice.
