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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is an Indian
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Biography

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in
Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...
in 1947. He has published six collections of
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in English and two of
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— a volume of Prakrit love poems, ''The Absent Traveller'', recently reissued in Penguin Classics, and ''
Songs of Kabir ''Songs of Kabir'' (New York: MacMillan, 1915) (published in the U.K. as ''One Hundred Poems of Kabir'') is an anthology of poems by Kabir, a 15th-century Indian spiritual master. It was translated from Hindi to English by Rabindranath Tagore, a ...
'' (
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). His ''Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets'' (1992) has been very influential. He has edited several books, including ''History of Indian Literature in English'' (
Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...
, 2003) and ''Collected Poems in English'' by Arun Kolatkar (
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, 2010). His collection of essays ''Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History'' was published by Permanent Black in 2012. A second book of essays, ''Translating the Indian Past'' (Permanent Black), appeared in 2019. Mehrotra was nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at the
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in 2009. He came second behind
Ruth Padel Ruth Sophia Padel FRSL FZS (born 8 May 1946) is a British poet, novelist and non-fiction author. Life She studied Greek at Oxford, where she sang in Schola Cantorum of Oxford, wrote a PhD on ancient Greek poetry, and was a Research Fellow at W ...
, who later resigned over allegations of a smear campaign against Trinidadian poet
Derek Walcott Sir Derek Alton Walcott OM (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem '' Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as ...
(who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process). Mehrotra has translated more than 200 literary works from ancient
Prakrit Prakrit ( ) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of Middle Ind ...
language, and from
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,
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and
Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
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Bibliography


Poetry collections

*Mehrotra, A. K. (1984). Middle earth. Three Crowns Books. Delhi:
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. *Mehrotra, A. K. (1976). Nine enclosures. Bombay: Clearing House. *Mehrotra, A. K. (1982). Distance in statute miles. Bombay: Clearing House. *Mehrotra, A K. (1998). The transfiguring places: poems. Delhi: Ravi Dayal Publisher. *Mehrotra, A. K. (2014). Collected Poems 1969-2014. Delhi:
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. *Mehrotra, A. K. (2016). Collected Poems. Artarmon NSW: Giramondo. *Mehrotra, A.K. (2020) Selected Poems and Translations/NYRB Poets. New York: New York Review Books.


Edited books

*Mehrotra, A. K. (2003). History of Indian literature in English.
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. *Mehrotra, A. K. (1992). The Oxford India anthology of twelve modern Indian poets. Delhi: Oxford University Press
excerpts
**Translated into German as Mehrotra, A. K. (2006). Indische Dichter der Gegenwart eine Anthologie englischsprachiger Lyrik Indiens. Heidelberg: Verl. Das Wunderhorn. *Weissbort, D., & Mehrotra, A. K. (1993). Periplus: poetry in translation. Delhi: Oxford University Press. *Mehrotra, A. K. (2007). The last bungalow: writings on Allahabad.
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Translation

*Mehrotra, A. K. (1991). The Absent Traveller: Prākrit love poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla. Delhi: Ravi Dayal Publisher. *Mehrotra, A. K. (2011).
Songs of Kabir ''Songs of Kabir'' (New York: MacMillan, 1915) (published in the U.K. as ''One Hundred Poems of Kabir'') is an anthology of poems by Kabir, a 15th-century Indian spiritual master. It was translated from Hindi to English by Rabindranath Tagore, a ...
. New York: NYRB Classics. *Mehrotra, A.K. with Sara Rai (2019). Blue Is Like Blue: Stories by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Delhi: HarperCollins.


Editor of literary magazines

* ''damn you/a magazine of the arts.''
Allahabad Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
: 1964-1968. *''Ezra.'' Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966-1969. *''Fakir.'' Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966.


See also

* Indian English Poetry *
Indian poetry in English Indian English poetry is the oldest form of Indian English literature. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered the first poet in the lineage of Indian English poetry followed by Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu, Michael Madhu ...
*
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 ...
*
Indian literature Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India has 22 officially recognised languages. Sahitya Akadem ...
*
List of Indian poets This list of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world. Assamese * Amulya Barua (1922–1946), first published posthumously in 1 ...


References


External links

* Poetry Centre, Smith Colleg


Poems and Bio at Poetry International Web
* Interview with Bharat Iye

* Poetry Archive ttp://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/arvind-krishna-mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra* Interview with Laetitia Zecchini,
We were like Cartographers, Mapping the City
, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 2017 * Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Papers 1960-201


Further reading

Among the published works giving an analysis of his poetry are: *Lakshmi Raghunandan. (1990). Contemporary Indian poetry in English: with special emphasis on
Nissim Ezekiel Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian poet, actor, playwright, editor, and art critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian poetry in English. He was awar ...
, Kamala Das,
R. Parthasarathy Rajagopal Parthasarathy (born 1934) is an Indian poet, translator, critic, and editor. Early life and education Rajagopal Parthasarathy was born on 20 August 1934 in Thirupparaithurai near Tiruchchirappalli. He was educated at Don Bosco High ...
, and A.K. Ramanujan : other poets assessed are
Arun Kolatkar Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (1 November 1932 – 25 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English. His poems are known for expressing the humour in everyday life. Kolatkar is the only Indian poet other than Kabir to be fe ...
, Shiv K. Kumar, Keki N. Daruwalla,
Jayanta Mahapatra Jayanta Mahapatra (22 October 1928 – 27 August 2023) was an Indian poet. He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He was the author of poems such as "Indian Summer" and "Hunger", which are regarded as c ...
, and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. New Delhi: Reliance Pub. House. Bruce King, (1987, revised edition 2001) Modern Indian Poetry in English. Delhi: Oxford University Press. He is interviewed in the following works: *De Souza, E. (1999). Talking poems: conversations with poets. Delhi: Oxford University Press. ;Reviews : *


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