Saad Ali

SAAD ALI (he/him; b. 1980 CE) is a bilingual poet-philosopher & literary translator. He has been brought up and educated in the UK and Pakistan. He holds a BSc and an MSc in Management from the University of Leicester, UK. By profession, he is an Educationist and a Consultant (Academic Research, Management, Marketing & Communication). Ali possesses a broader worldview, which is a result of his experiences gained from having lived in a variety of cultural settings, such as, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Australasia. The cogs of his existential machinery are oiled by the muses of arts.

His new collection of poems, Owl Of Pines: Sunyata (AuthorHouse, 2021), is an homage to vers libre, prose poem, and ekphrasis. His poetry and fictions appear in The Ekphrastic Review, The Mackinaw, Synchronized Chaos, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Lotus-eater, BRAWL Lit, Pandemonium Journal, Immagine & Poesia, Livina Press, Jackdaw Press, Purple Stallion Review, The Aleph Review, among others; and various anthologies, including two e-Anthologies at TER, two poetry anthologies by Kevin Watt (ed.), and others. His work has been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology, Best Microfiction Anthology, and Best Small Fictions Anthology. His ekphrases have been showcased at art exhibitions in Alberta (Canada), Queensland (Australia), and Seattle (USA).

He has translated Lorette C. Luzajic’s work (ekphrastic poetry and fictions) into Urdu. His work (ekphrastic poetry) has been translated into Arabic.

Some of his influences include: Vyasa, Homer, Attar, Rumi, Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Freud, Jung, Kafka, Tagore, Lispector et alia. He enjoys learning different languages, travelling by train, and exploring cities/towns on foot. His favourite sport is putting his gray matter to test at chess. At the end of a long day, he prefers to unwind with the classic/psychedelic rock music.