Vihang A. Naik or Vihang Ashokbhai Naik (2 September 1969) is a modern bilingual poet from

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, India. He has authored many collections 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 ...

in English and

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, besides translating poems from

into English. He died in the year 2021.

Biography

Vihang A. Naik was born on

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, 1969 at

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, in

into a

family in Surat. From

, he moved to

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

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and other cities out of

. He did his matriculation from a local school in

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, obtained a bachelor's degree in arts (

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and

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) and master's degree (

and

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in English

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) from

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. He taught English in various colleges of

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. He retired in 2019. Naik has translated his own

Poetry "''Jeevangeet''" into English. His poetry is included in various anthologies, literary journals and magazines such as ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry'', ''

The Dance of the Peacock ''The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India'' is a 2013 anthology of poems written by one hundred and fifty-one poets; edited by Dr Vivekanand Jha. The one hundred and fifty-one poets include Indians and diasporic Indian ...

'', ''The Indian P.E.N.'',''The Journal of Poetry Society (India)'',''The Journal of Literature and Aesthetics'', ''

'', ''The Brown Critique'', ''

Poetry Chain ''Poetry Chain'' is an English poetry journal of India published quarterly from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The Indian English poet Gopi Kottoor is its founder editor. The journal was founded in 1997 with the mentoring of the Indian poet Ayy ...

'', ''

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'', ''The Journal of Indian Writing In English'', '' Coldnoon: Travel Poetics'', '' Muse India'' etc.

Awards

Vihang Naik has won several awards for his poetry including Michael Madhusudan Dutt Prize, Beverely Hills Book Award 2016, Book Excellence Award 2017 and Konark Literary Fest Award 2019. In 2016 his poetry collection ''City Times and Other Poems'' entered

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for the poem "Self Portrait" which was composed of only five blank pages.

Bibliography

Poetry books

* ''City Times and Other Poems'' first published by

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, India 1993. * ''Poetry Manifesto ( New & Selected Poems )'', published by Indialog Publications Pvt Ltd,

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, 2010. * ''Making A Poem'' (

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: Allied Publishers, 2004) * ''Jeevangeet'' (

poetry ), published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir,

, 2001.

Poetry anthologies

* ''Travelogue : The Grand Indian Express'' (2017) ed. by Dr. Ananad Kumar and published by Authorspress,

* ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry'' (2004) ed. by Menka Shivdasani and published by

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, Big Bridge United States. * ''The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India'' (2013) ed. by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada. * ''Scaling Heights : An Anthology of Contemporary Indian English Poetry'' (2013) eds. by Dr. Gopal Lahiri and Dr.Kirti Sengupta and published by Authorspress,

* ''Exiled Among Natives'' (2013) eds. by Prof. Charu Sheel Singh, Dr. Binod Mishra and published by Adhyayan Publishers,

* ''The Golden Treasure of

Poetry'' (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by

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* ''A New Book of Indian Poems In English'' (2000) ed. by

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and published by

and

* ''Accent on Indian English Poetry '' (1998) ed. by Ed.

H. S. Shivaprakash Hulkuntemath Shivamurthy Sastri Shivaprakash (born 1954) is a leading poet and playwright writing in Kannada. He is professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He heads the Cultural Centre at Berlin, kn ...

and published by

Special issue ( No.4. issue 186 )

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* ''A Decade of Poetry'' ( 1997–98 ) eds. Prabhanjan K. Mishra, Menka Shivdasani,

Jerry Pinto Jerry Pinto (born 1966) is a Mumbai-based Indian English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, as well as journalist. Pinto's works include '' Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb'' (2006), which won the Best Book on Cinema Award at ...

and

Ranjit Hoskote Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) is an Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator. He has been honoured by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, with the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award and the Sahitya ...

Special edition (Vols. 6 and 7) of Poiesis : A Journal of Poetry Circle,

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Interviews

*''Edexllive ( The New Indian Express )'' (2019), Book Talk : Poems on how to write poems: Why you should read this award-winning poet's latest book
/small> *''Modern Research Studies: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences''( 2017 ) Interview: Unfolding the World of Vihang A. Naik: Interview of an Indian Poet by Goutam Karmakar
/small> *''Muse India''(2016), Interview: Vihang A. Naik in conversation with Dr. Ajit Kumar
/small> *''The Achievers Journal ''(2015), Book Talk : Vihang A. Naik on Cit Times and Other Poems
/small>

References

External links

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