Vijay Nambisan was a poet, writer, critic and journalist from
India
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writing in English. He won First Prize in the first ''All India Poetry Competition'' in 1990 organized by
The Poetry Society (India)
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in collaboration with the
British Council
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. He died in 10th August 2017.
Biography
Vijay Nambisan was co-author of the book ''Gemini'' with
Jeet Thayil
Jeet Thayil (born 1959) is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is the author of several poetry collections, including ''These Errors Are Correct'' (2008), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award. His first novel, '' Narcopolis,'' ( ...
and
Dom Moraes
Dominic Francis Moraes (19 July 1938 – 2 June 2004) was an Indian writer and poet who published nearly 30 books in English. He is widely seen as a foundational figure in Indian English literature. His poems are a meaningful and substantial c ...
. Gemini was Thayil's debut book of poetry. Nambisan’s own independent first book was ''Language as an Ethic''. Nambisan was adjudged the first ever
All India Poetry Prize
All India Poetry Prize was instituted by Poetry Society of India in 1988. The prizes are awarded to the best single work of poetry submitted by an Indian poet. The number of prizes varies from year to year.
Selection
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winner in 1988 for his poem ''Madras Central''. He was 54 years old when he died.
Personal life
Vijay Nambisan graduated from IIT Madras, Chennai. He married the novelist and doctor
Kavery Nambisan
Kavery Nambisan is an Indian surgeon and novelist. Her career in medicine has been a strong influence in her fiction.
Life
Kavery Nambisan was born in Palangala village in south Kodagu, India, in a politician's family. Her father, C.M. Poonac ...
.
Bibliography
Books
* ''Language as an Ethic'' (Essays) New Delhi:
Penguin Books
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2003.
* ''Bihar is in the Eyes of the Beholder'' (Reflection) (Poetry in English). New Delhi:
Viking
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,
India
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2000.
* ''Gemini'' (Poems). New Delhi:
Viking Books
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,
India
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1992.
* '’Puntanam and Melpattur : Two Measures of Bhakti'’ (Religion),
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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 ...
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 ...