BIO Usha Akella has authored three books of poetry, one chapbook, and scripted and produced one musical drama. She is pursuing a Masters in Creative Writing at Cambridge University, UK. She read with a group of eminent South Asian Diaspora poets at the House of Lords in June 2016. Her work has been included in…
BIO Shanta Acharya, born and educated in Cuttack, India, won a scholarship to Oxford, and was among the first batch of women admitted to Worcester College in 1979. A recipient of the Violet Vaughan Morgan Fellowship, she was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy for her work on Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1983. She was a…
BIO Taranand Viyogi is a Maithili writer who is known for his works in different genres. As a poet he has two collections of poems; Pralay Rahasya and Hastakshep. He also writes short stories and non fictions. His most famous book Tumi Chir Sarthi, is about his memories with one of the most famous…
Born on September 3rd, 1952, Manprasad Subba is a Nepali poet from Darjeeling, India. He has nine volumes of poetry and a novel to his credit. He has co-authored a book of critical essays, and has edited two journals in Nepali and English, as well as two commemorative books. He has also translated Nepali and…
BIO Subodh Sarkar is one of the leading Bangla poets with more than thirty books. He is the recipient of the prestigious Central Sahitya Academy Award. He is the Chairman of Poetry Academy of West Bengal, Govt of West Bengal. He guest edited Indian Literature, New Delhi. BIO Jaydeep Sarangi is part of the Senior…
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…
