Sudeep Sen
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Sudeep Sen (born 1964) is an Indian English poet and editor.[1]
Early life
He was educated at St. Columba's School in Delhi and received a degree in English literature from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. Sen also received a master's degree in English and creative writing from Hollins University and was an international scholar at Davidson College. From 1992 to 1993 he was an international poet-in-residence at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, and in 1995 he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University.[2][1] In 1995 he set up a poetry publishing company, Aark Arts. He has a son named Aria.[2]
Works
Sen's books include Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems, Rain, Aria, Postcards from Bangladesh, Fractals: New & Selected Poems | Translations 1980-2015 and EroText. [3]Template:Sps
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)
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- 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 Template:In lang.
- 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
| Year | Works | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation | joint-winner of the US$10,000 Rabindranath Tagore Literature Prize for 20221-22[4] |
| 2018 | Postcards from Bangladesh | UPL Excellence Award[5] |
| 2017 | EroText | Global Literary Festival Award for Literary Excellence[6] |
| 2017 | EroText | Best Book of the Year[7] |
| 2009 | Aria | AK Ramanujan Translation Award[8] |
| 2009 | Blue Nude | Jorge Zalamea Poetry Award[9] |
| 2007 | Kathak Literary Award[10] | |
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Further reading
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External links
- Personal website
- British Council profile
- Listen to Sudeep Sen reading his poetry - a British Library recording, 1 November 2010.