Bibhu Padhi, born Bibhu Prasad Padhi, on 16 January 1951, is an Indian poet. He writes in English and Odia, and is also a translator and literary critic.

Early life

Padhi was born on 16 January 1951 in

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka ) in Odia is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of ''Kataka'' which literall ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. He studied at

Ravenshaw Collegiate School Ravenshaw Collegiate School is the oldest High School of Odisha which was established in 1851 by Thomas Edward Ravenshaw in the District of Cuttack in Odisha, India. It was one of three institutions founded by Ravenshaw, the other two being th ...

and Ranihat High School, Cuttack, then joined

Ravenshaw College Ravenshaw University, formerly known as Ravenshaw college, is a co-educational state university situated in Cuttack, Odisha on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Ravenshaw College in 1868, the institution became a university in 2006. The un ...

, Cuttack (now Ravenshaw University), for a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

degree in English literature in 1969 and

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in English literature in 1971. He received a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from

Utkal University Utkal University (UU) is a Public university in Bhubaneswar, Khordha district, Khordha, Odisha, and is the oldest university in Odisha, the state, and the 17th-oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university. The pre ...

in 1991 in English literature. He is married to Minakshi Padhi, a writer and academic.

Career

Padhi served on the faculty of several colleges in Odisha, including Regional College of Education (now Regional Institute of Education),

and BJB College, where he taught English Literature. He was also a Counsellor in Creative Writing for the Odisha branch of

Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...

from 1986 to 1990. He has 17 volumes of poetry in English and 5 volumes of poetry in Odia. His poems have been included in numerous anthologies. He has also authored a novel, called ''Absences''.

Bibliography

Poetry *''Going to the Temple'' (New Delhi: Indus, 1988; rpt. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2008) *''A Wound Elsewhere'' (New Delhi: Rupa, 1992) *''Lines from A Legend'' (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 1993) *''Painting the House'' (Hyderabad, India: Orient Longman, 1999) *''Games the Heart Must Play'': a trilogy in of love poems (Bhubaneshwar,: Pen & Ink, 2003) *''Choosing A Place'' (New Delhi: Gnosis/Authorspress, 2011) *''Migratory Days'' (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2011) *''Brief Seasons: 60 love songs'', (Bhubaneswar, Timepass, 2013) *''Magic Ritual'' (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014) * ''Midnight Diary'' (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2015) * ''Sea Dreams'' (New Delhi Authorspress, 2017) * ''Small Wants: Selected Poems'' (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018) * ''All That Was and Is: Poems Inspired by Upanishads'' (New Delhi: HarperCollins, 2019) * ''A History of Things'' (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2020) * ''Going Easy'' (New Delhi: Signorina Publications, 2020) * ''A Friendship with Time'' (Kolkata: Hornbill Press, 2021) * ''Principles of Sleep'' (New Delhi: Red River, 2021) Chapbook * ''Living with Lorenzo'': Poems on D H Lawrence (Cuttack: Peacock Books, 2003) Novel * ''Absences'' (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014) Other works *''D H Lawrence: Modes of Fictional Style'' (Albany, NY, USA: Whitston, 1989) *''Indian Philosophy and Religion'': A Reader’s Guide (Jefferson, NC, USA & London, England: McFarland, 1990; rpt. New Delhi: D K Printworld, 1999; 2nd rpt. DK Printworld, 2004) ith Minakshi Padhi*''D H Lawrence: New Essays from India'' (New Delhi: Atlantic, forthcoming) Translations *''A Morning of Rains and Other Poems'': Selected Poems of

Sitakant Mahapatra Sitakant Mahapatra (born 17 September 1937) is an Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1961 until he retired in 1995, and has held ''ex officio'' posts such as the ...

(New Delhi: Vikas, 1990) ahapatra is a recipient of India’s highest literary award, the "Bharatiya Gyanapith" *''Memories, Legends, and the Goddess'': Selected Poems of Bibek Jena, (

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

, 2013) *''Parallel Speech: An Anthology of Fifteen Younger Contemporary Oriya Poets'' (New Delhi: Authorspress)

References

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/m5/3146767/Kolkata-The-Statesman/01-ST-JULY-2021#page/11/1 Jaydeep Sarangi Interview with Bibhu Padhi,JSL,JNU Journal,Spring 2006.Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222839/http://www.jnu.ac.in/SLLCS/JSL%20V.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Padhi, Bibhu Living people Indian male poets Poets from Odisha 1951 births English-language poets from India People from Cuttack

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