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{{short description|Indian poet}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Vinita Agrawal
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1965|8|18}}
| birth_place = [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]], India
| occupation = poet, editor and curator
| language = English
| nationality = Indian
| education =
| alma_mater =
| notable_works = ''The Silk of Hunger''
| spouse =
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| awards =
| website = {{Official website}}
}}

'''Vinita Agrawal''' is a poet, editor and curator from India. She is the author of four books of poetry and the editor of an [[Climate change in literature|anthology on climate change]]. She was short listed for 2018 [[Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize]] for her poetry collection ''The Silk of Hunger'' and awarded the prize jointly. She is on the advisory board of the Tagore Literary Prize. She is a poetry editor with Usawa Literary Review.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tagoreprize.com/advisory-board/ |title=Advisory Board – Tagore Prize |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==
Vinita Agrawal was born on 18 August 1965 in [[Bikaner]].<ref name="Cha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1048/329/ |title=Cha: An Asian Literary Journal |date=March 2012 |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> She completed her schooling in [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]] ([[Gujarat]]), [[Kalimpong]], and [[Culcutta|Kolkata]] in [[West Bengal]]. Later she completed her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees with political science from The [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]], and a diploma in computer programming from [[Aptech]].<ref name="Marwar">{{cite web |title=Verses From the Heart |website=Marwar |date=25 January 2019 |url=https://www.marwar.com/verses-from-the-heart/ |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

==Works==
Her poems were published in ''Asiancha'', Constellations, The Fox Chase Review, Pea River Journal, Open Road Review, Stockholm Literary Review, Poetry Pacific and other journals.<ref name="Mithila Review">{{Cite web |website=Mithila Review |title=Two Poems by Vinita Agrawal |url=https://mithilareview.com/agrawal_05_16/ |date=4 May 2016 |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="New Indian Express 2020">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/22/wake-up-to-climate-change-2213422.html |title=Wake up to climate change |first=Tamanna S |last=Mehdi |website=New Indian Express |date=22 October 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> She served as the poetry editor of Usawa Literary Review.<ref name="The Chakkar 2020"/>

She was influenced by the works of [[Jayanta Mahapatra]], [[Pablo Neruda]] and [[Rumi]]. She writes poems with the themes and subjects like [[Existential crisis|existential angst]] and women's empowerment.<ref name="Marwar"/> She is an author of four books of poetry: ''Two Full Moons'', ''Words Not Spoken'', ''The Longest Pleasure'' and ''The Silk Of Hunger''.<ref name="The Chakkar 2020">{{cite web |title=Open Your Eyes—Poetry’s Response to Climate Change |website=The Chakkar |date=19 October 2020 |url=https://www.thechakkar.com/home/golchakkar1|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> ''Two Full Moons'' explores subjects including birth, death, existence, family, soul and heart.<ref name="Setu 2019">{{cite web |title=Review of Two Full Moons by Vinita Agrawal|first=Priyadarshni|last=Nalini|author-link=Nalini Priyadarshni|magazine=Setu सेतु|date=May 2019|url=https://www.setumag.com/2019/05/review-of-two-full-moons-by-vinita.html|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>

In 2020, she edited anthology entitled ''Open your Eyes: An Anthology on Climate Change''. It features poetry and prose written by 63 Indian writers. It investigates human relationships with the natural world.<ref name="New Indian Express 2020"/><ref name="Sen 2021">{{Cite web |last=Sen |first=Sudeep |title=Essay: Poetry for every day of the year, for all seasons |website=Hindustan Times |date=22 January 2021 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essaypoetry-for-every-day-of-the-year-for-all-seasons-101611305166952.html |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

==Honour==
*Nominated for the Best of the Net Awards 2011 by Contemporary Literary Review of India.<ref name="Cha"/>
*Won Gayatri GaMarsh Memorial Award in the English category (2015).<ref name="Sivakumar 2015">{{Cite web |last=Sivakumar |first=Srividya |title=Running in Poetry: Of paintings in poetry |website=The Hindu |date=18 December 2015 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/vinita-agrawals-poetry-is-about-emotions-and-instances-that-everyone-can-identify-with/article8004911.ece |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>
*Won second prize at TallGrass Writers Guild Award (2017).<ref name="Marwar"/>
*The Proverse Poetry Prize (2017).<ref name="Marwar"/>
*She was short listed for [[Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize]] (2018).<ref name="Marwar"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Shortlist year 2018. – Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize|url=https://www.tagoreprize.com/shortlist-announcement/|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Vinita Agrawal}}
* {{Official website}}

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