CONVERSE

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.

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