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In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick
"In Santacruz, Diagnosed Home Sick" is a poem by the Indian English poet and novelist K Srilata. The poem won First Prize in the Eighth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1998. This was the first major literary award for Srilata, who subsequently won the Unison British Council Award and Charles Wallace Fellowship for Poetry. Excerpts from the poem :At the gift shop by the wharf :I bought an indigo octopus :all arms... :I, a newcomer to this :out-of-the-way white-hippie town :settle into the sea. ::: ***** :My two-month hostility melts :even as I see what divides me from home :more clearly than I did from my airless plane. :The sea knows ways of connecting too, :fluidly hugging, :in long-armed benevolence, :the puzzle-edges of vast continents. Comments and criticism The poem has received critical acclaim since its first publication in 1998 in the book ''Emerging Voices'' and has since been widely anthologised. The poem has been frequently qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K Srilata
K. Srilata (also known as Srilata Krishnan) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and academic based in Chennai. Her poem, ''In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick'' won the First Prize in the All India Poetry Competition (organized by the British Council and The Poetry Society (India)) in 1998. She has also been awarded the Unisun British Council Poetry Award (2007) and the Charles Wallace fellowship for a writing residency (2010). Her debut novel ''Table for Four'' was long-listed in 2009 for the Man Asian Literary Prize and released in 2011. Career Her first book of poems, ''Seablue Child'', was published in 2000, followed by ''Arriving Shortly'' (2011). Other poetry collections are ''Writing Octopus'' (2013) and ''Bookmarking the Oasis'' (2015). She also translated from Tamil to English two millennia worth of poetry titled ''Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry'' - along with Lakshmi Holmstrom and Subashree Krishnaswamy. Her other work includes a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |