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{{short description|Indian poet and essayist}}
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{{Infobox writer
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| birth_place = [[Cuttack]], India
| occupation = {{Cslist|Poet|essayist}}
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| nationality = Indian
| education = [[University of East Anglia]] (MA)
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| website = {{Official website|https://urvashibahuguna.com/}}
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'''Urvashi Bahuguna''' is an Indian poet and essayist.

==Life and career==
Born in [[Cuttack]],<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Thayil |editor1-first=Jeet |title=The Penguin Book Of Indian Poets |date=2022 |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9789354925108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgRqEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Urvashi%20Bahuguna%22%20born&pg=PT990 |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> Bahuguna grew up in [[Goa]], and moved to [[Delhi]] during her high school years. She attended [[Delhi University]] for her undergraduate degree,<ref name="Sharma">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Manik |title=Urvashi Bahuguna on her poetry collection Terrarium, growing up in Goa, finding her way back to writing |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/urvashi-bahuguna-on-her-poetry-collection-terrarium-growing-up-in-goa-finding-her-way-back-to-writing-6125611.html |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=Firstpost |date=24 February 2019 |language=en-us}}</ref> and graduated from the [[University of East Anglia]] with a master's degree in creative writing (poetry) in 2014.<ref name="NW">{{cite web |last=Alexander |first=Samantha |date=December 2017 |title=Urvashi Bahuguna wins Emerging Poet's Prize |url=https://www.newwriting.net/2017/12/urvashi-bahuguna-wins-emerging-poets-prize/ |website=New Writing |publisher=UEA Publishing Project |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> {{As of|2017}} she lived in Delhi.<ref name="NW"/>

In 2017 she was awarded the Emerging Poet's Prize by the (Great) Indian Poetry Collective for her debut collection of poems, ''Terrarium''.<ref name="NW"/> She was selected for the award by [[Aimee Nezhukumatathil]]. The collection was described by the ''[[HuffPost]]'' as "the poetry of our planet [...] terrestrial, atmospheric, oceanic",<ref name="Goyal">{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Sana |title=Poet Urvashi Bahuguna On Her Debut 'Terrarium' and Its Inspirations |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/poet-urvashi-bahuguna-on-her-debut-terrarium-its-inspirations_in_5c7cfa1be4b0e5e313ccbb72 |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=HuffPost India |date=4 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and a review by ''[[The Hindu]]'' said that Bahuguna's poetry "will draw your attention to our fragile planet, making you fall in love with it".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Srilata |first1=K. |title='Terrarium' by Urvashi Bahuguna: Beauteous earth, our home |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/terrarium-by-urvashi-bahuguna-beauteous-earth-our-home/article26673138.ece |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=30 March 2019 |url-access=subscription |language=en-IN}}</ref> She has also received the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, a Sangam House fellowship, an Eclectica Spotlight Author Prize, and a TOTO Award for Creative Writing.<ref name="Sur">{{cite journal |last1=Sur |first1=Sanchari |title=On Creating a Writing Life While Negotiating Mental Illness: An Interview with Urvashi Bahuguna |journal=Michigan Quarterly Review |date=December 2021 |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2021/12/on-creating-a-writing-life-while-negotiating-mental-illness-an-interview-with-urvashi-bahuguna/ |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>

In 2021 she published a collection of essays titled ''No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zutshi |first1=Vikram |title=Urvashi Bahuguna's Latest Book on Mental Health Offers Hope for Turbulent Minds |url=https://thewire.in/books/urvashi-bahugunas-latest-book-on-mental-health-offers-hope-for-turbulent-minds |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=The Wire |date=29 April 2021}}</ref> ''The Hindu'' said that the collection "comforts, confronts and challenges" readers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pragati |first1=K.B |title='No Straight Thing was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health' review: Giving a chance to hope |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/no-straight-thing-was-ever-made-essays-on-mental-health-review-giving-a-chance-to-hope/article36893707.ece |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=9 October 2021 |language=en-IN |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 2022, her poetry was included in ''The Penguin Book of Indian Poets'', edited by [[Jeet Thayil]]; she is one of the youngest writers included in the anthology.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Uttaran Das |title=Verse Affairs: The Big Fat Book of Indian (English) Poetry |url=https://thewire.in/books/review-penguin-book-of-indian-poets |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=The Wire |date=15 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected works==
*''Terrarium'' (The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, 2019)
* ''No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health'' (Penguin Random House, 2021)

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://urvashibahuguna.com/}}

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Urvashi Bahuguna - Revision history

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