Jamil Kochai

Major
English
Degree
M.F.A.
School
University of Iowa
Sponsor 2017
ISF-MateenMobeen Foundation
Bio
Jamil Jan Kochai was born in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1992, but he originally hails from Logar, Afghanistan. He is a Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and his novel, 99 Nights in Logar, is forthcoming with Viking Books. His work has been published in Ploughshares and A Public Space.