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{{Short description|Indian poet}}
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{{Infobox writer
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| birth_place = [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| occupation = Poet, translator, educator
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* [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|The M S University]]
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|''City Times and Other Poems''
|''Jeevangeet''
|''Making A Poem''}}
| awards = [[Limca Book of Records]] 2016
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'''Vihang A. Naik''' or '''Vihang Ashokbhai Naik''' (2 September 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=4061 |website=Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi |access-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093136/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=4061 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> is a modern bilingual poet from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He has authored many collections of [[poetry]] in English and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], besides translating from [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] into English.<ref name="Vihang A. Naik">{{cite book|author= Europa Publications |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mAY2Ja6t6eAC&pg=PA1134|title= International Who's Who in Poetry 2005|publisher=Europa Publications, 2005|isbn= 9781135355197|date= 2004-08-02}}</ref><ref name="Vihang A. Naik - The Poet">{{cite web|author= Research Scholar |url= http://researchscholar.co.in/downloads/35-dr-jitendra-arolia.pdf |title= Kaleidoscopic Vision in the Vihang Naik's Poetry |publisher= ResearchScholar, May 2013}}</ref><ref name=" About Vihang A. Naik">{{cite web|author= Magnus Publishing |url= http://www.magnuspublishing.com/thecontext/2349-4948-57.pdf |title= Reflective and Aesthetic Landscapes: The Poetry of Vihang A. Naik |publisher= Magnus Publishing, April 2015}}</ref><ref name=" Vihang A. Naik - News">{{cite web|author= AkilaNews |url= http://www.akilanews.com/30112014/nri-news/1417281704-6753 |title= Vihang A. Naik |publisher= Akila News}}</ref><ref name=" Vihang A. Naik on MeriNews">{{cite web|author= Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee |url= http://www.merinews.com/article/vihang-anaik-a-versatile-poet-with-compassion/15870772.shtml |title= Vihang A. Naik, a versatile poet with compassion|publisher= Meri News}}</ref>

==Biography==

Vihang A. Naik<ref name=" Vihang A. Naik - Books">{{cite web|author= Criterion |url= http://www.the-criterion.com/V3/n4/VishwanathBite.pdf |title= Vihang A. Naik - Books|publisher= Criterion}}</ref><ref name=" Vihang A. Naik - City Times and Other Poems">{{cite web|author= SpectralHues |url= http://www.spectralhues.com/press-release/2014/11/vihang-a-naik-new-book-city-times-poems-receives-rave-reviews|title= Vihang A. Naik's City Times and Other Poems|publisher= Spectralhues|date= 2014-11-08}}</ref> was born on [[September 2]], 1969 at [[Surat]], in [[Gujarat]] into a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] family in Surat. From [[Surat]], he moved to [[Baroda]], [[Ahmedabad]] and other cities out of [[Gujarat]]. He did his matriculation from a local school in [[Vadodara]], obtained a Bachelor's degree in Arts ([[English Literature]] and [[Philosophy]]) and master's degree ([[English Literature]] and [[Indian Literature]] in English [[Translation]]) from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]] of [[Baroda]].He taught [[English language|English]] in various colleges of [[North Gujarat]]. He retired in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title="Minimalist Poet" Vihang Naik marvels us with his making a poem |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/inspiration-hub/minimalist-poet-vihang-naik-marvels-us-with-his-making-a-poem-1502843635.html |website=thestatesman.com |publisher=thestatesman.com |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Know more about the vibrant Indian poet Vihang A Naik |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/music/know-more-about-the-vibrant-indian-poet-vihang-a-naik/articleshow/73906372.cms |website=indiatimes.com |publisher=indiatimes.com |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Limca book of Record holder Vihang A. Naik got Awarded for Best Poetry in Konark Lit Fest 2019, his latest book " Making a poem" got warm Literary welcome |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/limca-book-record-holder-vihang-naik-got-awarded-best-poetry-konark-lit-fest-2019-his-latest-812092 |website=ibtimes.co.in |publisher=ibtimes.co.in |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>

Naik has translated his own [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] Poetry "''Jeevangeet''" into English.<ref name=" Vihang A. Naik - Translation of his own book">{{cite web|author= Scilet |url= http://www.scilet.in/download/KB/KB20.pdf |title= Kavya Bharati |publisher= Scilet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Poet Profile , Vihang A. Naik |url=https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=2416 |website=thehaikufoundation.org |publisher=thehaikufoundation.org |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> His poetry is included in various anthologies, literary journals and magazines such as ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry|url=http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/Vihang_A_Naik.html|publisher=BigBridge.Org|access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Dance of the Peacock]]'',<ref name=brook>{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Richard|title=The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India|url=http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html|access-date=5 January 2015|publisher=Hidden Brook Press, Canada}}</ref><ref name=press>{{cite web|last1=Press|first1=Hidden Brook|title=Hidden Brook Press|url=http://hiddenbrookpress.com|publisher=Hidden Brook Press|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> ''The Indian P.E.N.'',''The Journal of Poetry Society (India)'',''The Journal of Literature and Aesthetics'', ''[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]]'', ''The Brown Critique'', ''[[Poetry Chain]]'', ''[[Kavya Bharati]]'', ''The Journal of Indian Writing In English'', ''[[Coldnoon: Travel Poetics]]'', ''[[Muse India]]'' etc.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vihang A Naik: In Conversation with Ajit Kumar |date= Sep–Oct 2016|issue= 69|issn=0975-1815|url=http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=69&id=6831|website=Muse India|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=" Vihang A Naik in other literary journals and Magazines">{{cite web|author= LangLit |url= http://www.langlit.org/files/bookreviews/3.Book%20REVIEW%20Vihang%20A%20Naik.pdf|title= Vihang A Naik's City Times and Other Poems |publisher= LangLit - An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal}}</ref>

== Awards ==
In 2016 his poetry collection ''City Times and Other Poems'' entered [[Limca Book of Records]] for the poem "Self Portrait" which was composed of only five blank pages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poetry is Fusion of Thought and Feeling Says Eminent Poet Vihang A. Naik |url=http://theasianchronicle.com/poetry-is-fusion-of-thought-and-feeling-says-eminent-poet-vihang-a-naik/ |website=theasianchronicle.com |publisher=theasianchronicle.com |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Poetry independent of geographical quotient: Naik |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/poetry-independent-of-geographical-quotient--naik.html |website=dailypioneer.com |publisher=dailypioneer.com |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Limca Book of Records , V - Vihang A. Naik |url=https://en.unionpedia.org/i/Limca_Book_of_Records |website=en.unionpedia.org |publisher=en.unionpedia.org |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Poetry Books===

* ''City Times and Other Poems'' first published by [[Kolkata]]: [[Writers Workshop]], [[India]] 1993.<ref name=" Vihang A Naik's Book - City Times and Other Poems">{{cite book|author= Vihang A Naik|title= Vihang A. Naik's Book - City Times and Other Poems|publisher= Dr.Sachin Ketkar reviewed at Worldcat.Org, OCLC Number:32209677|oclc= 32209677}}</ref>
* ''Poetry Manifesto ( New & Selected Poems )'', published by Indialog Publications Pvt Ltd, [[New Delhi]], 2010.<ref name=" Vihang A Naik's Book - Poetry Manifesto">{{cite web|author= Vihang A Naik|url= http://www.literarycognizance.com/pdf/Issue02/Review/1_Review_Handibag_YS.pdf |title= Vihang A. Naik's Book - Poetry Manifesto|publisher= Literary Cognizance}}</ref>
* ''Making A Poem'' ( [[Mumbai]]: [[Allied Publishers]], 2004)<ref name=" Vihang A. Naik - Making A Poem">{{cite journal|journal= [[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]] |volume= 50|pages= 191–193|number= 4 (234)|date=July–August 2006|publisher= [[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|jstor= 23346451|title= ''Making a Poem'' by Vihang Naik, Review by: Patricia Prime |last1= Prime|first1= Patricia}}</ref>
* ''Jeevangeet'' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poetry ), published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir, [[Ahmedabad]], 2001.

===Poetry Anthologies===

* ''Travelogue : The Grand Indian Express'' (2017) ed. by Dr. Ananad Kumar and published by Authorspress, [[New Delhi]]
* ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry'' (2004) ed. by Menka Shivdasani and published by [[Michael Rothenberg]], Big Bridge [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry|url=http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/indian-poetry-anthology-contents.html|publisher=BigBridge ( USA )|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref>
* ''The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India'' (2013) ed. by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press, [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dance of the Peacock : An Indo/English Poetry Anthology|url=http://www.hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html|publisher=Hidden Brook Press ( Canada )|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref>
* ''Scaling Heights : An Anthology of Contemporary Indian English Poetry'' (2013) eds. by Dr. Gopal Lahiri and Dr.Kirti Sengupta and published by Authorspress, [[New Delhi]]
* ''Exiled Among Natives'' (2013) eds. by Prof. [[Charu Sheel Singh]], Dr. Binod Mishra and published by Adhyayan Publishers, [[New Delhi]]
* ''The Golden Treasure of [[Writers Workshop]] Poetry'' (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by [[Writers Workshop]], [[Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubana Huq, ed. The Golden Treasury of Writers Workshop Poetry. Review : ASIATIC, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, JUNE 2009 |url=http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/82/67 |website=journals.iium.edu.my |publisher=journals.iium.edu.my |access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref>
* ''A New Book of Indian Poems In English'' (2000) ed. by [[Gopi Kottoor]] and published by [[Poetry Chain]] and [[Writers Workshop]], [[Calcutta]]
* ''Accent on Indian English Poetry '' (1998) ed. by Ed. [[H. S. Shivaprakash]] and published by [[Indian Literature]] Special issue ( No.4. issue 186 ) [[Sahitya Akademi]], [[New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Disturbed Sleep Vihang Naik Indian Literature |journal=Indian Literature |volume=42 |issue=4 (186) |pages=119 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=23341904 |last1=Naik |first1=Vihang |year=1998 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=A Poem Vihang Naik Indian Literature |journal=Indian Literature |volume=42 |issue=4 (186) |pages=117 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=23341901 |last1=Naik |first1=Vihang |year=1998 }}</ref>
* ''A Decade of Poetry'' ( 1997–98 ) eds. Prabhanjan K. Mishra , Menka Shivdasani, [[Jerry Pinto]] and [[Ranjit Hoskote]] Special edition (Vols. 6 and 7) of Poiesis : A Journal of Poetry Circle, [[Bombay]]

===Interviews===

*''Edexllive ( The New Indian Express )'' (2019), [https://www.edexlive.com/people/2019/dec/03/poems-on-how-to-write-poems-why-you-should-read-this-award-winning-poets-latest-book-9377.html Book Talk : Poems on how to write poems: Why you should read this award-winning poet's latest book]
*''Modern Research Studies: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences''( 2017 ) [http://files.hostgator.co.in/hostgator201172/file/2017040106.pdf Interview: Unfolding the World of Vihang A. Naik: Interview of an Indian Poet by Goutam Karmakar]
*''Muse India''(2016), [http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=69&id=6831 Interview: Vihang A. Naik in conversation with Dr. Ajit Kumar]
*''The Achievers Journal ''(2015), [https://theachieversjournal.org/wp/book-talk-vihang-a-naik-on-city-times-and-other-poems/ Book Talk : Vihang A. Naik on Cit Times and Other Poems]
*''The Criterion ''(2012), [http://www.the-criterion.com/V3/n4/VNVB.pdf Interview: Vihang A. Naik, Indian Poet in Conversation with Vishwanath Bite]

===Further reading===
* Goutam Karmakar, ''The Poetry of Vihang A. Naik: New Literary Dimensions'' ( New Delhi : Authorspress, 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Poetry of Vihang A. Naik: New Literary Dimensions Review |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fuMCzlJfcR8PgTs9gEKkwbCGpFGPaZSx/view |website=langlit.org |publisher=LangLit , India |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Poetry of Vihang A. Naik - New Literary Dimensions |url=http://pintersociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Book-Review-Mysti-S.-Milwee.pdf |website=pintersociety.com |publisher=Lapis Lazuli : An International Literary Journal |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
* Sanjay P. Pandey, ''Vihang A Naik: A Study of his Mind and Art'' ( New Delhi : Authorspress, 2018)

==See also==
{{portal|Biography|India|Poetry}}
*[[Indian English Poetry]]
*[[Indian poetry in English]]
*[[Indian English Literature]]
*[[Indian literature]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==

* {{official website|http://www.vihang.org}}
* [http://www.recoursaupoeme.fr/po%C3%A8tes/vihang-naik About Vihang A. Naik]
* {{WorldCat id|lccn-no2002045551}}
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