Sudeep Sen (born 1964) is an Indian English

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and editor.

Early life

He was educated at St. Columba's School in

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and received a degree in English literature from

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. He received a master's degree from the

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. Sen also received a master's degree in English and creative writing from

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and was an international scholar at

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. From 1992 to 1993 he was an international poet-in-residence at the

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, and in 1995 he was a visiting scholar at

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. In 1995 he set up a poetry publishing company, Aark Arts. He has a son named Aria.

Works

Sen's books include ''Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems,'' ''Rain'', ''Aria'', ''Postcards from Bangladesh,'' ''Fractals: New & Selected Poems'' , ''Translations 1980-2015'' and ''EroText.''

Poetry

* ''Leaning Against the Lamp-Post'' (1983) * ''The Man in the Hut'' (1986) * ''The Lunar Visitations'' (1990) * ''Kali in Ottava Rima'' (1992) * ''Parallel'' (1993) * ''New York Times'' (1993) * ''South African Woodcut'' (1994) * ''Mount Vesuvius in Eight Frames'' (1994) * ''Dali's Twisted Hands'' (1995) * ''Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems'' (1997) * ''Retracing American Contours'' (1999) * ''A Blank Letter'' (2000) * ''Lines of Desire'' (2000) * ''Almanac'' (2000) * ''Perpetual Diary'' (2001) * ''Monsoon'' (2002) * ''Distracted Geography: An Archipelago of Intent'' (2003) * ''Prayer Flag'' (2003) * ''Rain'' (2005) * ''Heat'' (2009) * ''Winter'' Frances (2010) * ''Mediterraneo'' (2012) * ''Ladakh'' (2012) * ''Fractals: New & Selected Poems, Translations 1978-2013'' (2013) * ''Fractals: New & Selected Poems , Translations 1980-2015'' (2015) * ''Incarnat , Incarnadine'' (2017) * ''Path to Inspiration'' (2017) (with Setsuko Klossowska de Rola & Homa Arzhangi)

Prose

* ''Postcards from Bangladesh'' (2002) (with Tanvir Fattah & Kelley Lynch) * ''BodyText: Dramatic Monologues in Motion'' (2009) * ''EroText'' (2016)

Translations

* ''In Another Tongue'' (2000) * ''Love & Other Poems'' (2001) * ''Spellbound & Other Poems'' (2003) * ''Love Poems'' (2005) * ''Aria'' (2009)

Editor, co-editor

*1995 ''Wasafiri: Contemporary Writing from India, South Asia and the Diaspora''. University of London. *1996 ''Lines Review Twelve Modern Young Indian Poets''. Edinburgh: Lines Review. *1998 ''Index for Censorship'' (poems); ''Songs of Partition'' (portfolio). London: Index for Censorship *2001-18: ''Six Seasons Review''. Dhaka: University Press Limited & London: Aark Arts. *2001 Hayat Saif: ''Selected Poems''. Dhaka: Pathak Samabesh. *2001 ''The British Council Book of Emerging English Poets from Bangladesh''. Dhaka: The British Council. *2002 ''Dash: Four New German Writers''. Berlin: Humboldt University & London: Aark Arts. *2002 Shawkat Haider: ''A Day with Destiny''. Dhaka: Azeez. *2004 ''Midnight's Grandchildren: Post-Independence English Poetry from India''. Macedonia: Struga Poetry Evenings . *2005 ''Sestet: Six New Writers''. Berlin: Free University & London: Aark Arts. *2006 ''Biblio'' South Asian English Poetry (portfolio). New Delhi: Biblio. *2006–present ''Atlas: New Writing, Art & Image''. London, New York, New Delhi: Aark Arts. *2009 ''The Literary Review''. Indian Poetry. Fairleigh Dickinson University. *2010 ''World Literature Today: Writing from Modern India''. University of Oklahoma. *2011 ''Poetry Review'' Centrefold Portfolio of Indian Poetry. UK: Poetry Review. *2012 ''The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry''. HarperCollins. *2012 ''The Yellow Nib: Modern English Poetry by Indians''. Belfast: Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queens University. *2013: ''The Prairie Schooner Feast Anthology of Poetry by Indian Women''. University of Nebraska. *2015: ''World English Poetry''. Dhaka: Bengal Foundation.

Awards

References

External links

Personal websiteBritish Council profileListen to Sudeep Sen reading his poetry
- a British Library recording, 1 November 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Sudeep 1964 births Living people Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Sudeep, Sen Harvard University staff Indian male poets St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni Delhi University alumni