Sudeep Sen (India)

Reconocido como una de las voces jóvenes en la escena literaria contemporánea en inglés; su lenguaje es mesurado y bien estructurado. Está fascinado no sólo por el lenguaje sino por las posibilidades de éste. Sacó un doctorado con honores en la Universidad de Dehli y recibió un master en la Universidad de Columbia en EEUU. Ha recibido muchos premios y ha sido residente de programas de poesía muy prestigiosos. Sus poemas han sido publicados en revistas y antologías en EEUU y otros países.

Is widely recognized as a major new generation voice in world literature and one of “the finest younger English-language poets in the international literary scene. A distinct voice: carefully modulated and skilled, well measured and crafted” (BBC Radio). He is fascinated not just by language but the possibilities of language” (Scotland on Sunday). He read English Literature for an honors degree at the University of Delhi & as an Inlaks Scholar received an MS from the Journalism School at Columbia University (New York). His awards, fellowships & residencies include: Hawthornden Fellowship (UK), Pushcart Prize nomination (USA), Bread Loaf (USA), Pleiades (Macedonia), nlpvf  Dutch Foundation for Literature (Amsterdam), Ledig House (New York), Wolfsberg UBS Pro Helvetia (Switzerland), Sanskriti (New Delhi), Tyrone Guthrie Centre (Ireland), and Shanghai Writers Programme (China). He was international writer-in-residence at the Scottish Poetry Library (Edinburgh) & visiting scholar at Harvard University. Sen’s dozen books include: Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems (HarperCollins), Distracted Geographies, Rain, Aria (A K Ramanujan Translation Award), Letters of Glass, Ladakh, and Blue Nude: Poems & Translations 1977-2012 (Jorge Zalamea International Poetry Award) is forthcoming. He has also edited several important anthologies, including: The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry, The Literary Review Indian Poetry, World Literature Today Writing from Modern India, Midnight’s Grandchildren: Post-Independence English Poetry from India, and others

 

 

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