"The Coffin Maker" is a poem by the Indian English poet
Gopi Krishnan Kottoor. The poem won Second Prize in the Sixth All India Poetry Competition conducted by
The Poetry Society (India)
The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. The founding members included the Indian poets Keshav Malik, J P Das, H K Kaul ...
in 1995. This was the first major literary award for Kottoor, who went on to win four more major poetry awards at All India Poetry Competition.
Comments and criticism
The poem has received positive reviews since its first publication in 1995 in the book ''Emerging Voices'' and has since been widely anthologised. The poem has been frequently quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary
Indian English poetry
Indian English poetry is the oldest form of Indian English literature. Indian poets writing in English have succeeded to nativize or indianize English in order to reveal typical Indian situations. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered the first ...
.
The poem has become very popular in
Indian English literature
Indian English literature (IEL), also referred to as Indian Writing in English (IWE), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language but whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. ...
and has been widely anthologised.
See also
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The Poetry Society (India)
The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. The founding members included the Indian poets Keshav Malik, J P Das, H K Kaul ...
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External links
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Sixth National Poetry Competition 1995 – Award Winners ''The Coffin Maker'' – The Full PoemGopi Kottoor and His Poems"Popular Indian Poems"
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Indian English poems
1995 poems
Works originally published in Indian magazines
Works originally published in literary magazines