Prakash Kona Reddy (born 1967) is an Indian

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who lives in

Hyderabad, India Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the '' de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern In ...

. He is currently a professor at the Department of English Literature, School of English Literary Studies,

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Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. He writes in English, and is the author of the many books to date.

Bibliography

*''Conjurer of Nights'' *''How I Invented Myself as "Prakash Kona"'' *''Nunc Stans'' reative Non-fiction: 2009, CROSSING CHAOS enigmatic ink, Ontario, Canada">CROSSING_CHAOS_enigmatic_ink.html" ;"title="reative Non-fiction: 2009, CROSSING CHAOS enigmatic ink">reative Non-fiction: 2009, CROSSING CHAOS enigmatic ink, Ontario, Canada*''Words on Lips of a Stranger'' [2005, Writers Workshop, Calcutta] *''Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace'' [Fiction: 2005, Fugue State Press, New York] *''Literary Criticism: A Study of Pluralism (Wittgenstein, Chomsky and Derrida)'' [Theory: 2004, Wisdom House Publications, Leeds, England] *''Streets that Smell of Dying Roses'' *''Poems for Her (as Kona Prakash Reddy)*'' oetry: 1999, Writers Workshop, Calcutta*''You and Other Poems (as Kona Prakash Reddy)*'' oetry: 1997, Writers Workshop, CalcuttaOther works, including essays and fictional vignettes, are published widely on the Internet. In August 2010 Kona contributed to an

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collection of political poems entitled ''Emergency Verse - Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State'' edited by Alan Morrison.http://www.therecusant.org.uk The Recusant eZine

Themes

His fiction is highly unusual, an experimental combination of free-floating emotion and political theory that can depict, for example, a city or a love relationship in an ambiguous, flowing, non-concrete and yet highly personal and heartfelt manner.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kona, Prakash 1967 births Living people Indian male essayists Indian male novelists Indian male poets 20th-century Indian novelists Indian postmodern writers 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian essayists Writers from Hyderabad, India 20th-century Indian male writers