Tanvir Ratul | |
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| Born | 2 June 1985 Satkhira, Bangladesh |
| Occupation | Writer, Academician |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool University of Dhaka |
| Period | ca. 1999–present |
| Genre | Poetry, Non-fiction |
| Notable awards | Amnesty International 2019 Pen English Prize 2012 |
Tanvir Ratul[1] is a Poet, Educator and occasional critic, known for his anti-establishment approach and for his artistic attempt to promote social justice. He has achieved fame at an early age when he was in his teens
Tanvir Ratul writes poetry and non-fiction in three languages, and ideologically opposes the concept of literary organisation based on profit-making mechanism.
He is currently working as a researcher and faculty member at an educational institute. His teaching interest remains within literature and creative writing, whereas, research domain includes Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics.
He has translated the ‘Charyapada’[2], the earliest collection of poetry found in Sanskrit-twilight language. He is also the editor of poetry magazine ‘Lastbench’ and the curator of ‘Liverpool Slam[3]’.
- ^ "Tanvir Ratul". facebook.
- ^ Ratul, Tanvir. Charyapada. Antivirus. ISBN 978-1326966157.
- ^ "Honorary Advisory Panel". The First Wirral Poetry Festival. Retrieved 25 January 2020.