BIO Kursheed Hayat is an eminent story writer, novelist and poet of Urdu literature from Gaya, Bihar, India, now living in Bilaspur, working for the Indian Railway. Khursheed has been writing since 1974, and has received several acclaims for his works, including honor from the Governor of Bihar, India, for the year 1985 & 1986…
BIO Renowned poet Abrar Ahmed was born in Lahore, Pakistan, on February 6th, 1954. He is a medical doctor by profession. His poems have been published in several leading magazines and periodicals. Dr. Ahmad has been the Editor of “Muntakhab Shairi” (Selected Poetry Magazine), and the Guest Editor of Adabiyat (Literary Magazine). He writes columns…
BIO Satyapal Anand born on April 24, 1931, is an Indian poet, writer and critic living in the United States. His creative and research works include over 40 books (novels, collections of short stories, poetry, history, biography and comparative literature) in Urdu, English, Hindi and Punjabi. His first book of short stories was published in…
BIO Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac, author of Plus loin qu’ailleurs (Éditions du Cygne, 2013), is published in numerous anthologies of short stories and poetry, including Petite anthologie de la jeune poésie française (Éditions Géhess, 2009), Le livre de la prière (Éditions de l’Inférieur, 2013), and Poètes français et marocains, Anthologie 2 (Éditions Polyglotte, 2014), in the literary…
BIO Rodica Draghincescu is a writer, poet and translator. She writes in French and Romanian. She lives in METZ, France, and has published, poetry, novels, books of interviews and literary essays. Her latest book is a poetry collection, RA(ts), illustrated by engraver Marc Granier (Éditions du Petit Pois, 2012). The book won VIRGIL prize for European…
BIO Born in 1956, Dr. Sarojini Sahoo earned her Masters and PhD degrees in Oriya Literature, and a Bachelor of Law degree from Utkal University. She teaches at a degree college in Belpahar, Jharsuguda, Orissa, India. A distinguished South Asian feminist writer Sarojini is also an associate editor of an English journal Indian Age, and…
BIO Born on February 5th,1981 in Baisadeeh (Bihar) India, Hareprakash Upadhyay is an important poet and novelist of Hindi literature. His first anthology of poems “Khiladi Dost and Anya Kavitayen” was published by Bhartiya Janapith, bringing ultimate honor to the poet. He also won the “Janapith Navlakekan Puruskar”, an award given by Bhartiya Janapith for…
BIO Naseer Ahmed Nasir (نصیر احمد ناصر) is one of the most eminent, distinct, cultured and thought provoking poet from Pakistan. He is considered as a trend setter poet of modern Urdu poems among his contemporaries. His poetry has been translated into various international languages such as English, Spanish, Russian, Romanian, Uzbek, Hindi and Persian along…
BIO Kedarnath Singh is a prominent Hindi poet, critic and essayist. He was born in Balia district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on July 7th, 1934. He obtained Masters and Ph.D degree from Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya and taught Hindi at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He received India’s highest literary honor Jananpith Award in 2014 for…
BIO . Born in 1984, Yelena Sapranova is a poet from Russia. She studied at Kuban State University and works in the field of linguistics and translation. She mostly writes in English and translates poetry from the Russian Silver Age (Annensky, Blok, Tsvetaeva..). She is inspired by nature and people she loves. Her activities…
BIO Mariano Zaro is the author of four poetry books: Where From/Desde Donde, Poems of Erosion/Poemas de la erosión, The House of Mae Rim/La casa de Mae Rim and Tres letras/Three Letters. Originally from Spain he has been living in Santa Monica, California, since 1994. He teaches Spanish at Rio Hondo College (Whittier, California). More…
