Poets Corner Group is a poetry group in
India.
The group's main purpose is to make it easier for new and aspiring poets to be published. Since its advent, Poets Corner has published over 340 poets in 21 anthologies in both
English and
Hindi language.
The Poets Corner Group also hosts online competitions, poetry reading events, panel discussion, book launches, workshops, and other activities.
History
Poets Corner was co-founded by Yaseen Anwer and Dolly Singh.
Delhi Poetry Festival
Delhi Poetry Festival is an annual poetry event organized by Poets Corner in Delhi, first held on 19 January 2013.
2013 Edition
The 2013 festival participants included:
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Irshad Kamil
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Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Abhishek Manu Singhvi (born 24 February 1959) is an Indian lawyer and politician. As politician, he is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and a current Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, t ...
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Ashok Sawhny
Ashok Sawhny (born 1937) is bilingual Indian poet, film producer and businessman. He is founder and President of Monarch International (established 1978), an international trading company with offices in several countries.
Early life
Sawhny w ...
2014 Edition
The 2014 festival participants included:
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Sandeep Nath
Sandeep Nath is Singer, Lyricist, Composer, Screenwriter, Director and Producer in Bollywood.His Sufi songs "Rangrez", "Ishq Niralaaa" are full of philosophy, spirituality, pure love and positivity. He started his literary career as a poet and s ...
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Janice Woods Windle
Published work
The Poets Corner Group has published several poetry anthologies featuring young poets along with established poets including
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...
,
Gulzar,
Ruskin Bond,
Nida Fazli,
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crosswor ...
,
Irshad Kamil,
Shashi Tharoor,
Ravish Kumar
Ravish Kumar (born 5 December 1974) is an Indian journalist, author and media personality. He was the Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show ''Prime Time'', ''Hum ...
,
Deepti Naval,
Shekhar Kapur, and
Rahat Indori.
Books & anthologies
Inklinks
Gestures: Miscalculated Poetries by Misunderstood Poets
Aks: Tere Mere Khalayon Ka
Bikhri Os Ki Boondain
Love simply and other poem
(By Payal Pasha)
Inks (By Neha R. Krishna)
Khalaayen (By Aseem Ahmed Abbasee)
Think Poetry, Think Haiku (By
Ashok Sawhny
Ashok Sawhny (born 1937) is bilingual Indian poet, film producer and businessman. He is founder and President of Monarch International (established 1978), an international trading company with offices in several countries.
Early life
Sawhny w ...
)
Lamhey
Oncemortal (By
Nikhil Sharma
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)
Silent Flute (By Aparna Pathak)
Ehsaas (By Dr. Tina Gulzar)
See also
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Delhi Poetry Festival
Poets Corner Group is a poetry group in India. The group's main purpose is to make it easier for new and aspiring poets to be published. Since its advent, Poets Corner has published over 340 poets in 21 anthologies in both English language, Engl ...
References
External links
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Official website of DPFThe Economic TimesBangalore Mirror The HinduHindustan Times
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Poetry organizations
Arts organisations based in Delhi
Arts organizations established in 2011
Indian writers' organisations