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…
Kunwar Narain: Translated by Apurva Narain
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…
Mirza Asadullah Khan “Ghalib”: Translated by Tabish Khair
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…
Biplab Majee: Translated by Anuradha Bhattacharyya
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…
S.Kannan: Translated by Ravi Shanker N
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…
Nazeer Kadikkad: Translated by Ravi Shanker N
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…
Hema Hemambika: Translated by Ravi Shanker
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,…
Qazi Muhammad Shamashad Nabi Faruqi “Saqi Farooqi”: Transalated by Huzaifa Pandit
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…
Hemant Divate: Translated by Mustansir Dalvi
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…
Mamata Dash: Translated by Mona Dash
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,…
Jawaid Danish: Translated by Varsha Singh
BIO Eminent Poet, Playwright, Translator and Theatre personality Jawaid Danish is a recipient of the Civics Arts Award (Canada) Shiromani Sahitya Award (India) South Asian Theatre Festival Award(s) and most recently The Prestigious Ghalib Award (India) and International Drama Award Doha-Qatar. He is the author of 13 Books in Urdu. An M. Phil has been…
Mangalesh Dabral: Translated by Sarabjeet Garcha
BIO Mangalesh Dabral is the author of five books of poems, two collections of literary essays and sociocultural commentary, and a book of conversations. His poems have been widely translated and published in all major Indian languages and in Russian, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Polish and Bulgarian. His most recent book is This Number Does…