BIO R Sangeetha, resident of Changanacherry in Kottayam district, Kerala, is a teacher by profession. She holds a Masters degree in English Literature. First poetry collection published by dc books, Kerala, came out in August 2016 titled “Ottaykkoraal kadal varaykkunnu (A person sletching the sea alone)” BIO Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker N) has published English-language poems in…
BIO K. Satchidanandan is perhaps the most translated of contemporary Indian poets , having 27 collections of translation in 19 languages including Chinese, English, Irish, Arabic, French, German and Italian besides all the major Indian languages like Tamil, Bengali and Hindi. His books in English translation include While I Write: New and Selected Poems (Harper-Collins,…
BIO Tamil poet and writer Andal Priyadarshini is a multi-genred and multi-faceted literary creator with over 55 books to her credit, the latest being her 750-page Tamil translation of Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘My Experiments with Truth’ that has received all round appreciation. Many of her books are a part of the syllabus in educational institutions. Besides…
BIO An iconic figure in Indian literature, Kunwar Narain is regarded as one of the finest poets and Hindi’s foremost litterateur of recent times. Widely read, he blends an international modern sensibility with an immense grounding in Indian history and thought. His poems are often noted for their unique layering of the simple and the…
BIO Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), known by his pen name, Ghalib, is a famous romantic and mystical poet from the Mughal Empire era in India. His poems are characterized by great wit, puns, and a mystical, erotic imagery so passionate as to veer at times into the surreal. Diwan-e-Ghalib is a famous poetry book written by…
BIO Biplab Majee is a Bengali poet with an international reputation for editing, reviewing and criticism. He has been a columnist in a leading Bangla newspaper and director of films. He was winner of Lenin Award from Moscow State University in 1977 and won an award for International Political Songs held in Moscow State University…
BIO Born in 1968, S.Kannan has two poetry collections in Malayalam to his credit – Uduppu (Dress) and Kaattil njan kadanna vazhikal (The rooms that I breezed through). He works in a Government Department in Kerala, India. BIO Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker N) has published English-language poems in many national and international online and print magazines, such…
BIO Nazeer Kadikkad is a restauranteur in the Gulf. He regularly writes on social media and has one collection Kaa Kaa to his credit. BIO Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker N) has published English-language poems in many national and international online and print magazines, such as Kindle magazine, the German online journal Strassenstimmen, Indian Literature published by Kendriya Sahithya Academy and…
BIO Hema is born in Kannur, northern Kerala. She is an avid traveler, photographer and has been writing poetry and travelogues. She published her first poetry collection, Hridayambarathi, in 2012. She is a scientist and lives in Germany. BIO Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker N) has published English-language poems in many national and international online and print magazines,…
BIO Saqi Farooqi real name Qazi Muhammad Shamashad Nabi Faruqi is a prominent UK-based Urdu and English poet. His works and writings in Urdu have been widely published around the world with several of his books winning awards and accolades. Saqi Farooqi was born in Gorakhpur in 1936. His family migrated to Bangladesh and then…
BIO Hemant Divate is a Marathi poet, editor, publisher and translator. He is the author of six poetry collections in Marathi. Poetrywala has recently published his Selected Poems 1990-2015 (in English translation) and Reloaded (in the original Marathi). He has a book each in Spanish, Irish, Arabic, German and Estonian apart from four in English. His…
BIO Mamata Dash is an award winning, eminent poet from Odisha, India. She has nine collections of poetry, four short story collections and one novel in Odiya. She also has one poetry collections in English. Some of the awards she has received include the Stata Sahitya Academy Award, Bhanuji Rao award from the Gangadhar foundation,…
