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Lemuel Mohapatra, Sudhansubala Dash. Signature. Jayanta Mahapatra (22 October 1928 – 27 August 2023) was an Indian poet. [1] He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He was the author of poems such as "Indian Summer" and "Hunger", which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature.
Jayanta Mahapatra: Poetry 1982 The Last Labyrinth: Arun Joshi: Novel 1983 Latter-Day Psalms: Nissim Ezekiel: Poetry 1984 The Keeper of the Dead: Keki N. Daruwalla: Poetry 1985 Collected Poems: Kamala Das: Poetry 1986 Rich Like Us: Nayantara Sahgal: Novel 1987 Trapfalls In the Sky: Shiv K. Kumar: Poetry 1988 The Golden Gate: Vikram Seth: Novel ...
Hunger (poem) " Hunger " is one of the best known poems by the internationally acclaimed Indian English poet Jayanta Mahapatra. The poem is widely anthologised in most important modern Indian poetry collections and is the most widely analysed piece among his works. The poem explores the informal child sex trade lurking in the social fabric, and ...
Indian Summer (poem) " Indian Summer " is a popular English poem by Indian poet Jayanta Mahapatra. The poem is widely anthologised in important poetry collections and is used as standard reading material in the English syllabus of most Indian schools, colleges and universities. The poem was originally a part of his collection A Rain of Rites.
Subodh Sarkar, born in 1958, is a noted Indian Bengali poet, editor, translator and Associate Professor in English at City College, Calcutta University. His first book of poems was published in the late 70s. He received the West Bengal Bangla Academy Award for poetry in 2000. His PhD is on the hyphenated identities of Indian American women ...
t. e. Indian English literature (IEL), also referred to as Indian Writing in English (IWE), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language but whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. Its early history began with the works of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and Michael Madhusudan ...
Night of the Scorpion; Latter Day Psalms. Notable awards. Sahitya Akademi Award (1983) Padma Shri (1988) Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) [1] was an Indian poet, actor, playwright, editor, and art critic. [2] He was a foundational figure [3] in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian poetry in English.
The first woman to be elected Fellow was Mahadevi Varma, in 1979, [10] followed by three women writers in 1994 (Malayalam poet Balamani Amma, Bengali novelist and poet Ashapoorna Devi, and Urdu novelist Qurratulain Hyder). Hindi author Krishna Sobti was honoured in 1996, and English novelist Anita Desai in 2009.