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Sudeep Sen

Sudeep Sen (born 1964) is an Indian English poet and editor.[1]

Sudeep Sen
Born1964 (age 59–60)
OccupationPoet
Alma materHindu College, Delhi
Genremodernism
Notable worksNew York Times; Monsoon
Notable awardsKathak Literary Award; Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize

Early life edit

He was educated at St Columba's School in Delhi and received a degree in English literature from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. Sen also received a master's degree in English and creative writing from Hollins University, and was an international scholar at Davidson College. From 1992 to 1993 he was international poet-in-residence at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, and in 1995 he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University.[2][1] In 1995 he set up a poetry publishing company, Aark Arts. He has a son named Aria.[2]

Works edit

Sen's books include Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems, Rain, Aria, Postcards from Bangladesh, Fractals: New & Selected Poems | Translations 1980-2015 and EroText. [3][self-published source]

Poetry edit

  • Leaning Against the Lamp-Post (1983)
  • The Man in the Hut (1986)
  • The Lunar Visitations (1990)
  • Kali in Ottava Rima (1992)
  • Parallel (1993)
  • New York Times (1993)
  • South African Woodcut (1994)
  • Mount Vesuvius in Eight Frames (1994)
  • Dali's Twisted Hands (1995)
  • Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems (1997)
  • Retracing American Contours (1999)
  • A Blank Letter (2000)
  • Lines of Desire (2000)
  • Almanac (2000)
  • Perpetual Diary (2001)
  • Monsoon (2002)
  • Distracted Geography: An Archipelago of Intent (2003)
  • Prayer Flag (2003)
  • Rain (2005)
  • Heat (2009)
  • Winter Frances (2010)
  • Mediterraneo (2012)
  • Ladakh (2012)
  • Fractals: New & Selected Poems|Translations 1978-2013 (2013)
  • Fractals: New & Selected Poems | Translations 1980-2015 (2015)
  • Incarnat | Incarnadine (2017)
  • Path to Inspiration (2017) (with Setsuko Klossowska de Rola & Homa Arzhangi)

Prose edit

  • Postcards from Bangladesh (2002) (with Tanvir Fattah & Kelley Lynch)
  • BodyText: Dramatic Monologues in Motion (2009)
  • EroText (2016)

Translations edit

  • In Another Tongue (2000)
  • Love & Other Poems (2001)
  • Spellbound & Other Poems (2003)
  • Love Poems (2005)
  • Aria (2009)

Editor, co-editor edit

  • 1995 Wasafiri: Contemporary Writing from India, South Asia and the Diaspora. University of London.
  • 1996 Lines Review Twelve Modern Young Indian Poets. Edinburgh: Lines Review.
  • 1998 Index for Censorship (poems); Songs of Partition (portfolio). London: Index for Censorship
  • 2001-18: Six Seasons Review. Dhaka: University Press Limited & London: Aark Arts.
  • 2001 Hayat Saif: Selected Poems. Dhaka: Pathak Samabesh.
  • 2001 The British Council Book of Emerging English Poets from Bangladesh. Dhaka: The British Council.
  • 2002 Dash: Four New German Writers. Berlin: Humboldt University & London: Aark Arts.
  • 2002 Shawkat Haider: A Day with Destiny. Dhaka: Azeez.
  • 2004 Midnight's Grandchildren: Post-Independence English Poetry from India. Macedonia: Struga Poetry Evenings (in Macedonian).
  • 2005 Sestet: Six New Writers. Berlin: Free University & London: Aark Arts.
  • 2006 Biblio South Asian English Poetry (portfolio). New Delhi: Biblio.
  • 2006–present Atlas: New Writing, Art & Image. London, New York, New Delhi: Aark Arts.
  • 2009 The Literary Review. Indian Poetry. Fairleigh Dickinson University.
  • 2010 World Literature Today: Writing from Modern India. University of Oklahoma.
  • 2011 Poetry Review Centrefold Portfolio of Indian Poetry. UK: Poetry Review.
  • 2012 The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry. HarperCollins.
  • 2012 The Yellow Nib: Modern English Poetry by Indians. Belfast: Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queens University.
  • 2013: The Prairie Schooner Feast Anthology of Poetry by Indian Women. University of Nebraska.
  • 2015: World English Poetry. Dhaka: Bengal Foundation.

Awards edit

Year Works Awards
2022 Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation joint-winner of the US$10,000 Rabindranath Tagore Literature Prize for 20221-22[4]
2018 Postcards from Bangladesh UPL Excellence Award[5]
2017 EroText Global Literary Festival Award for Literary Excellence[6]
2017 EroText Best Book of the Year[7]
2009 Aria AK Ramanujan Translation Award[8]
2009 Blue Nude Jorge Zalamea Poetry Award[9]
2007 Kathak Literary Award[10]
2004 Pleiades Honour[citation needed]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b ""An Interview with Sudeep Sen," Ziaul Karim". World Literature Today. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kadija Sesay (2002). "Sen, Sudeep". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
  3. ^ home page Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine of Sudeep Sen's website, SudeepSen.com, retrieved December 15, 2008
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ UPL recognises 19 books, 16 individuals, six institutions
  6. ^ ""EroText is an avant-garde experimental book" – Sudeep Sen – The India Observer". theindiaobserver.com. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Bibliomania, Biblioboom: Best Books of 2017". The Asian Age. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  8. ^ In Verse Proportion
  9. ^ "Sudeep Sen". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ^ "Sudeep Sen's powerful poetry wins accolades". The Daily Star. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Dawes, K., ed. (1996). Sudeep Sen: a Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. South Carolina: University of South Carolina.
  • Panja, Shormishtha (2005). "Sen, Sudeep (1964-)". In Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L. W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures in English. London: Routledge – via Credo Reference.

External links edit

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