Acclaimed author Sara Suleri passes away at 69
Acclaimed author Sara Suleri, best known for her memoir Meatless Days, has passed away. While there was no official confirmation of the death from the family, several members of the international literary community took to social media to mourn her passing. She was 69 years old.
Born in 1953 in Pakistan and educated at Kinnaird College and Punjab University, Suleri went on to receive her PhD from Yale University, which is where she began her teaching career. The author was born to Welsh English professor Mair Jones and renowned Pakistani journalist Z.A. Suleri.
Her most popular work, Meatless Days, was published in 1989, with other notable works of the author including Boys Will Be Boys: A Daughter’s Elegy.
Author H M Naqvi of Home Boy fame took to Twitter to write, “Note to Readers: Perhaps the greatest Pakistani writer of a generation - our ‘postcolonial Proust,’ an intellectual powerhouse - Sara Suleri, passes away.”
— HMNAQVI (@HMNAQVI) March 21, 2022
Journalist Abbas Nasir remembered the late author fondly, writing, “Interviewed her in 1989/90. Most of it about her work but also asked her about her relationship with her dad. She paused for a moment and then responded with clarity, dignity. What a wonderful woman. So much more than a celebrated writer.”
— Abbas Nasir (@abbasnasir59) March 21, 2022