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Nikita Gill is a British-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator based in the south England. She has written and curated seven volumes of
Nikita Gill is a British-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator based in the south England. She has written and curated seven volumes of poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
. She uses social media
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to engage her audience and she has over 650,000 followers on Instagram
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, one of the most popular poets on the platform.
Life
Gill was born inBelfast
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to Indian
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Peoples South Asia
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** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
parents who had been living in Ireland. She has Irish citizenship and Overseas Citizenship of India. Her father was in the merchant navy. The family moved to New Delhi
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when Gill was six, and she grew up and was educated there. Gill studied Design at university in New Delhi, and she completed a master's degree at the University for the Creative Arts
The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England.
It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Inst ...
. She worked as a cleaner and a carer after her education.
Work
Gill's work was first published when she was 12 years old. Gill has published eight volumes of poetry, including ''Your Soul Is A River'' (2016), ''Wild Embers: Poems of rebellion, fire and beauty'' (2017), ''Fierce Fairytales: & Other Stories to Stir Your Soul'' (2018), ''Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters'' (2019), ''Your Heart Is The Sea'' (2019), ''The Girl and the Goddess'' (2020), ''Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light'' (2021), and ''These Are the Words: fearless verse to find your voice'' (2022). Her work offers reflections on love, and feminist re-tellings of fairy tales and Greek myths. She has been inspired by the works ofSylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, ''The ...
, Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...
and Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloq ...
.
She wrote and performed her debut work for the stage, ''Maidens, Myths, and Monsters''. She is an ambassador for National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day is a British campaign to promote poetry, including public performances.
National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by William Sieghart. It takes place annually in the UK on the first Thursday in October. Since its inception, it ha ...
. Gill has appeared on the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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, contributing to Woman's Hour
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History
Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
on Radio Four, Free Thinking on Radio Three, and BBC Asian Network
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.
See also
*Instapoetry
Instapoetry is a style of written poetry that emerged after the advent of social media. Instapoetry is a term that can be used to describe poems written specifically for being shared online, most commonly on Instagram (but also other platforms in ...
References
External links
* *TedX Profile: http://tedxlondon.com/attend/TEDxLondonWomen2019/speakers/NikitaGill {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Nikita Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts 21st-century poets from Northern Ireland 21st-century women writers from Northern Ireland British writers of Indian descent Instagram poets Living people Year of birth missing (living people)