Acclaimed Author Of Pakistani Origin Sara Suleri Goodyear No More: Report

Sara Suleri Goodyear, a well-known Pakistan-born American author and academician, reportedly breathed her last, at 69 years, on Monday, March 21, 2022. The news came as a shock, as the world has lost a literary giant. Many known personnel in the literary community are seen sharing condolences and paying tribute to her. No official confirmation has been announced by her family yet.

Sara Suleri was widely known for her most praised work, her memoir, Meatless Days, which talks in detail, about her early years in Lahore, published in 1989. It is said that the book never went out of print and sells to this day in Pakistan. She was born on June 12, 1953, in a literary family to a well-known journalist Z.A. Sulehri, and Welsh English professor Mair Jones.

Sara Suleri Goodyear death, All we know about her:

Sara Suleri studied at the Kinnaird College and Punjab University and got her Ph.D. from Yale University, where she also began her teaching career. She taught Romantic and Victorian Poetry in Yale, and had a special interest in the poetry of Edmund Burke. Suleri went on to be the founding editor of Yale Journal of Criticism and also served as an editor in The Yale Review and Transition. Her concerns also include postcolonial literature and theory, contemporary cultural criticism, literature, and law.

Suleri's memoir, Meatless Days, which was published in 1989 was her most well-received piece of literature. It was known to be a perfect mixture of historical facts blended with the right amount of personal stories.

Sara Suleri published two other books, namely, The Rhetoric of English India in 1992, and Boys Will Be Boys: A Daughter’s Elegy in 2003. She married Austin Goodyear, in 1993 and was married until he passed away in 2008. Austin Goodyear married once before, shares three children with Louisa Robins.

Suleri leaves behind a legacy as an author and academician. As the world mourns her loss, may she rest easy as her legacy will continue to live on.

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