Converse: Contemporary English Poetry by Indians - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1913738310 ISBN 13: 9781913738310

Publisher: Pippa Rann Books and Media, 2023

Synopsis

The authorative anthology of contemporary Indian poetry in English, Converse has been especially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of Indian independence in 2022.

Some 90 notable poets are represented in this collection, including:

• well-known ones such as Vikram Seth, Jayanta Mahapatra, and Adil Jussawalla,

• established ones such as C. P. Surendran, Arundhathi Subramaniam, and Ranjit Hoskote,

• emerging voices such as Rohan Chhetri, Jhilam Chattaraj, and Jennifer Robertson.

About this title

About the Author

Translated into 25 languages, Sudeep Sen’s own works include Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems, Fractals: New & Selected Poems (Global Literary Festival Award for 'Literary Excellence & Best Book of the Year' 2017; Rabindranath Tagore Literature Prize shortlist 2020); Rain ('Best Books of the Year', The Statesman), Aria (A. K. Ramanujan Translation Award 2009, 'Best Books of the Year', Outlook magazine), and Kaifi Azmi: Poems | Nazms (Bloomsbury 2019). Influential anthologies Editor him include The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry, World English Poetry, and Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians, and his work has appeared in TLS, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer, and The Telegraph, and Newsweek, and been broadcast on the BBC, PBS, CNN, IBN, NDTV, All India Radio and Doordarshan.Sen is the only Asian who has been honoured by being asked to deliver the Derek Walcott Lecture and to read at the Nobel Laureate Festival (in 2013). www.sudeepsen.org

Edition details

• Publisher: Pippa Rann Books and Media
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1913738310
• ISBN 13: 9781913738310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Sen Sudeep