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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is an Indian
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**Translated into German as Mehrotra, A. K. (2006). Indische Dichter der Gegenwart eine Anthologie englischsprachiger Lyrik Indiens. Heidelberg: Verl. Das Wunderhorn. *Weissbort, D., & Mehrotra, A. K. (1993). Periplus: poetry in translation. Delhi: Oxford University Press. *Mehrotra, A. K. (2007). The last bungalow: writings on Allahabad.
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is an Indian poet
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, anthologist
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, literary critic
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and translator
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Biography
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born inLahore
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in 1947. He has published six collections of poetry
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in English and two of translation
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— a volume of Prakrit love poems, ''The Absent Traveller'', recently reissued in Penguin Classics, and '' Songs of Kabir'' (NYRB Classics
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). His ''Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets'' (1992) has been very influential. He has edited several books, including ''History of Indian Literature in English'' (Columbia University Press
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, 2003) and ''Collected Poems in English'' by Arun Kolatkar (Bloodaxe Books
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History
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, 2010). His collection of essays ''Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History'' was published by Permanent Black in 2012. A second book of essays, ''Translating the Indian Past'' (Permanent Black), appeared in 2019.
Mehrotra was nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford
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in 2009. He came second behind Ruth Padel
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, who later resigned over allegations of a smear campaign against Trinidadian poet Derek Walcott
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(who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process).
Mehrotra has translated more than 200 literary works from ancient Prakrit
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language, and from Hindi
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, Bengali
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and Gujarati.
Bibliography
Poetry collections
*Mehrotra, A. K. (1984). Middle earth. Three Crowns Books. Delhi:Oxford University Press
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*Mehrotra, A. K. (1976). Nine enclosures. Bombay: Clearing House.
*Mehrotra, A. K. (1982). Distance in statute miles. Bombay: Clearing House.
*Mehrotra, A K. (1998). The transfiguring places: poems. Delhi: Ravi Dayal Publisher.
*Mehrotra, A. K. (2014). Collected Poems 1969-2014. Delhi: Penguin India
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*Mehrotra, A. K. (2016). Collected Poems. Artarmon NSW: Giramondo.
*Mehrotra, A.K. (2020) Selected Poems and Translations/NYRB Poets. New York: New York Review Books.
Edited books
*Mehrotra, A. K. (2003). History of Indian literature in English.New York
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: Columbia University Press
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*Mehrotra, A. K. (1992). The Oxford India anthology of twelve modern Indian poets. Delhi: Oxford University Pressexcerpts
**Translated into German as Mehrotra, A. K. (2006). Indische Dichter der Gegenwart eine Anthologie englischsprachiger Lyrik Indiens. Heidelberg: Verl. Das Wunderhorn. *Weissbort, D., & Mehrotra, A. K. (1993). Periplus: poetry in translation. Delhi: Oxford University Press. *Mehrotra, A. K. (2007). The last bungalow: writings on Allahabad.
New Delhi
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: Penguin Books
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*Mehrotra, A.K. with Sara Rai (2019). Blue Is Like Blue: Stories by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Delhi: HarperCollins.
Poems and Bio at Poetry International Web
* Interview with Bharat Iye
* Poetry Archive ttp://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/arvind-krishna-mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra* Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Papers 1960-201
Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra papers, 1960-2014.
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
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Editor of literary magazines
* ''damn you/a magazine of the arts.''Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the admin ...
, India
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: 1964-1968.
*''Ezra.'' Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966-1969.
*''Fakir.'' Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966.
See also
* Indian English Poetry *Indian poetry in English
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*Indian English Literature
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*Indian literature
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The earliest works of Indian literature were ...
*List of Indian poets
This list of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world.
Assamese
* Amulya Barua (1922–1946), first published posthumously in 1 ...
References
External links
* Poetry Centre, Smith CollegPoems and Bio at Poetry International Web
* Interview with Bharat Iye
* Poetry Archive ttp://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/arvind-krishna-mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra* Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Papers 1960-201
Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra papers, 1960-2014.
Further reading
Among the published works giving an analysis of his poetry are: *Lakshmi Raghunandan. (1990). Contemporary Indian poetry in English: with special emphasis onNissim Ezekiel
Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian Jewish poet, actor, playwright, editor and art critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian Poetry in English.
He was ...
, Kamala Das, R. Parthasarathy, and A.K. Ramanujan : other poets assessed are Arun Kolatkar
Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (Marathi: अरुण बालकृष्ण कोलटकर) (1 November 1932 – 25 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English. His poems found humour in everyday matters. Kolatkar i ...
, Shiv K. Kumar
Shiv K. Kumar (16 August 1921, Lahore, British India – 1 March 2017, Hyderabad, India) was an Indian English-language poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer. His grandfather late Tulsi Das Kumar was a school teacher and his father B ...
, Keki N. Daruwalla, Jayanta Mahapatra, and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. New Delhi: Reliance Pub. House.
Bruce King, (1987, revised edition 2001) Modern Indian Poetry in English. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
He is interviewed in the following works:
*De Souza, E. (1999). Talking poems: conversations with poets. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
;Reviews :
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External links
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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
at Poetry International {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna 1947 births English-language poets from India Living people 21st-century Indian poets Indian male poets International Writing Program alumni 21st-century Indian male writers Translators from Bengali 20th-century Indian translators 21st-century Indian translators Translators from Gujarati Translators from Hindi 20th-century Indian poets