Vadim Molodiy was born in Moscow, 1947. He studied medicine and received a degree in psychiatry. During his professional career he worked as psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. In literary circles he is known as a poet, essayist and publisher. His works have appeared in numerous periodicals in Russia, Europe and USA. He is the author…
Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, writer, musician and the national poet of Bangladesh. Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a large body of literary works with themes that included religious devotion and rebellion against oppression. Nazrul’s activism for political and social justice earned him the title of “Bidrohi Kobi” (Rebel Poet). His compositions form the famous genre of Nazrul Geeti…
. Vidya Golam was a pioneer of Mauritian Kreol literature and a prominent voice of Mauritian unity and solidarity. His works include Voltiz Tu, Kanser [Cancer], Disab dan Liziye [Sand in the Eye], Lonorab Yago [The Honorable Iago], and Ti Bato Papye [The Little Paper Boat]. The poems from the collection, “Voltiz Tu” won a…
Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), hailed from the central Asian family of Aibuk Turks. His grandfather had migrated to India during the reign of Shah Alam II and joined army which his sons also did after him. After his father was killed in an action in Alwar, Ghalib lived a life of deprivations. Grants in appreciation…
Mohammed Ayub Betab’s poems are translated into English by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis from their Hindi translations by Agni Shekhar from the original Kashmiri. . . Mohammed Ayub Betab (June 1939 – December 2005 ) is a well known Kashmiri Poet. He was born in Shupyan, Kashmir, where his work is widely respected. He worked as a headmaster and…
. Vishnuchandra Sharma – विष्णुचन्द्र शर्मा (April 01st, 1933- November 02nd, 2020) was born in Varanasi, UP, India. He is an important name in Hindi literature. He was a poet, writer, translator, and editor of ‘Kavi’ magazine. His notable works are “Avaal to Main Sanad Hoon” अव्वल तो मैं सनद हूँ and “Muktibodh Ki Aatmkatha (1984), मुक्तिबोध…
Kunwar Narain An iconic figure in Indian literature, Kunwar Narain is regarded as one of the finest poets, writers and thinkers of modern times. He read widely, across literatures and disciplines, and blended an international sensibility with a grounding in Indian history and thought. He has written in diverse genres, including three epics considered classics…
Translated from the original Hindi by John Vater and Apurva Narain ‘You degenerate insect!’ one inveterate man said to another. The second man, to prove he wasn’t an insect, clawed like a cat at the face of the man calling him one. ‘Animal!’ A new sobriquet, accompanied by a powerful slap, confirms the view…
BIO Khaled Shomali is a Palestinian poet born in Beit Sahour, a town located east of Bthlehem. He currently lives in Germany. Many of his poems composed during the first Palestinian uprisal were set to music. He has He has penned six Arabic poetry books: For Whom Do You Grow Roses (2008), Hanging In the…
BIO Ingeborg Bachmann is one of the prominent poet of Austria. She was a part of the legendary literary circle known as Gruppe 47, whose members also included Ilse Aichinger, Paul Celan, Heinrich Böll, Marcel Reich-Ranicki and Günter Grass. Bachmann’s literary work focuses on themes like personal boundaries, establishment of the truth, and philosophy of…
BIO Helmuth A. Niederle (born November 16, 1949, in Vienna) is an major contemporary Austrian writer, translator and editor. He studied ethnology, folklore, art history and sociologist at the University of Vienna. Later, he worked as a research associate as well as in the capacity of deputy head at the Austrian Society for Literature. For…
BIO Born on January 1st, 1951, in the village of Sitapur, Madhya Pradesh, India, Uday Praksh (उदय प्रकाश) is a significant name in Hindi literature. He is known for his poetry collections – Ambar Mein Ababeel (2019), Raat Mein Harmonium (1998), EK Bhasha Hua Karati Hai (2009), Abootar Kabootar (1984), and Suno kārīgara (1980). Uday Prakash is also a novelist, story writer, essayist, and translator. He…
