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Who is the South Korean poet behind 'Autobiography of Death'? Inside Kim Hyesoon’s searing verse
July 30, 2025 11:12 am
Kim Hyesoon is the first Asian writer to win International Prize for Literature by Germany’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt for her searing and surreal poetry collection Autobiography of Death.
Amanda Gorman writes end-of-year poem, 'New Day's Lyric'
December 30, 2021 11:17 am
The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own The Hill We Climb at President Joe Biden's inauguration made her an international sensation, posted a new work and accompanying video on Instagram to mark the end of 2021.
Children's Day Special: The Day It Forgot to Stop Raining by Venita Coelho
January 04, 2022 12:58 pm
Venita Coelho’s poem made pirates and fishermen of us all
Children's Day Special: Just Round the Bend by Richa Jha
January 04, 2022 12:57 pm
A poem by Richa Jha on where the magic begins
Children's Day Special: Lockdown Poem by Jerry Pinto
November 17, 2021 2:46 pm
Jerry Pinto writes about hunting with the lions and flying with the bees
Book offers modern therapy through series of poems
July 06, 2021 5:28 pm
In "To the Bravest Person I Know", Ayesha Chenoy addresses a host of these emotions and questions the construct of being 'normal'.
Amanda Gorman's Dutch translator withdraws after criticism
March 02, 2021 3:24 pm
The publishing house Meulenhoff shared that choosing Rijneveld as the translator was Gorman's decision.
Malayalam poet Akkitham passes away; know about his works
October 15, 2020 1:12 pm
His most notable work is Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam (Epic of the 20th Century) which won him the Sanjayan Award in 1952, and is revered as a true testament of modernist poetry in Malayalam
When Kavita Karkare expressed anguish against govt in a poem
September 30, 2014 1:20 pm
The poem was read by Kavita at the Marathi book launch of 'To The Last Bullet - The Inspiring Story Of A Braveheart Ashok Kamte' by Vinita Kamte, Vinita Deshmukh.
It Happened One Night
May 10, 2009 10:30 pm
On his blog India Uncut,Amit Varma hurries from a humorous poem on Mrs Darwin at the zoo by the new poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy,to baboons ransacking starlet Shamita Shettys room in South Africa.
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