BIO Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) largely is remembered today for a work officially titled Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (Rvf), 366 poems which chronicle the speaker’s unrequited love for a beautiful, married, and devout woman named Laura during her lifetime and long after she died of bubonic plague. BIO Lee Harlin Bahan has had two collections of…
Born in the Panchthar district in Eastern Nepal, on August 9, 1939, and studied in both Nepal and India, Bairagi Kainla is a living legend of Nepali literature. He has published over a dozen books of poetry, prose, and translation. He has served as the chancellor of Royal Nepal Academy, and also as a life…
BIO Born on 29 April 1969 in Salyan, Nepal, Ramesh Kshitij is a poet, writer, and lyricist. He has written and many stories and songs, but he is best known for his poetry. He has published two collections of poems and a collection of short stories. A civil servant by profession, he has received many awards and…
BIO Bhupi Sherchan (1937-1990) is one of the most read iconic poets of Nepal, who started the trend of free verses in Nepali literature. He was born in the Mustang district in northern Nepal and studied in Nepal and India. His poetry collection, “Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche” (Blind man on a Revolving Chair) published…
BIO Known as a people’s poet of Nepal, Durga Lal Shrestha is an essential name in contemporary Nepali and Newari literature. He has written over a dozen books many great lyrics. Some of his works written in the Newari language are Gvinnila, Inkalabaya palahsah, Ji svayambhu tvathah: nyecyapu kavitaya chajhvah and Phyakham pica. His poem “Phool…
BIO Sedat Umran (1925–2013, real name Osman Sedat Öcal) was a Turkish poet who spent his youth in Istanbul. He studied German language and literature, and worked as a commercial translator for various companies in the city of Izmir. He authored many books of poetry, culminating in 2000 with the publication of his collected poems,…
BIO Tulasi Diwasa is a prominent name in modern Nepali poetry. He has authored a dozen books on literature, folk culture and folklore of various tribes in Nepal. He served as professor of Nepali Literature at Tribhuwan University for several years. He has also served as Cultural Secretary at the Nepalese Embassy in the USA…
. Nasadiya Sukta, (the hymn of creation) is a part of the Rigveda (10:129). The Rigveda is the oldest Indian text written in Sanskrit, in around 1500 BC. It consists of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses, that are organized into ten books. The Rigveda, is the oldest of all four Vedas. It was composed over the period…
BIO Born on 4th January, 2001, Nidarsh Raj is a school student studying at Plus 2 level at Athavanad Govt Higher Secondary School at Malappuram, Kerala, India. . BIO Translator Vidya Panicker’s poems have been published in The feminist review (UK), Muse India, CLRI, Reading hour, Femina fiction and Indian review, among others. She has…
BIO Born in Alappuzha, encircled by the backwaters of Kerala, Sudheer Raj’s parents were teachers. He joined the Indian Air Force at a tender age of 17 without completing his studies. He had started writing at the age of 10, but stopped it completely during his twenty years of military service. He took retirement at…
BIO Poet Farah Siddiqui Matin, a Ph.D from the University of Allahabad. Born and brought up in Allahabad, she currently resides in Ireland. She started to write poems in January 2014 and published her first book “The Bliss of Solitude” in May 2014. She is also the author of “Like I Born in Venus” (2015)…
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…
