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[[File:Arvind Krishna Mehrotra at his Dehradun home - 2018.jpg|thumb|Arvind Krishna Mehrotra at his Dehradun home, May 2018. ]] | |||
'''Arvind Krishna Mehrotra''' (born 1947<ref>{{cite | '''Arvind Krishna Mehrotra''' (born 1947<ref>{{cite LCAuth|id=n86138256}}</ref>) is an Indian [[poet]], [[anthologist]], [[literary critic]] and [[translation|translator]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in [[Lahore]] in 1947. He has published six collections of [[poetry]] in English and two of [[translation]] — a volume of Prakrit love poems, ''The Absent Traveller'', recently reissued in Penguin Classics, and ''[[Songs of Kabir]]'' ([[NYRB Classics]]). His ''Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets'' (1992) has been very influential. He has edited several books, including ''History of Indian Literature in English'' ([[Columbia University Press]], 2003) and ''Collected Poems in English'' by Arun Kolatkar ([[Bloodaxe Books]], 2010). His collection of essays ''Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History'' was published by Permanent Black in 2012. A second book of essays, ''Translating the Indian Past'' (Permanent Black), appeared in 2019. | Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in [[Lahore]] in 1947. He has published six collections of [[poetry]] in English and two of [[translation]] — a volume of Prakrit love poems, ''The Absent Traveller'', recently reissued in Penguin Classics, and ''[[Songs of Kabir]]'' ([[NYRB Classics]]). His ''Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets'' (1992) has been very influential. He has edited several books, including ''History of Indian Literature in English'' ([[Columbia University Press]], 2003) and ''Collected Poems in English'' by Arun Kolatkar ([[Bloodaxe Books]], 2010). His collection of essays ''Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History'' was published by Permanent Black in 2012. A second book of essays, ''Translating the Indian Past'' (Permanent Black), appeared in 2019. | ||
Mehrotra was nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at the [[University of Oxford]] in 2009.<ref>[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15316&x=1 Biography at Poetry International Web] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128082419/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15316&x=1 |date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> He came second behind [[Ruth Padel]], who later resigned over allegations of a smear campaign against Trinidadian poet [[Derek Walcott]] (who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Indians-Abroad/Arvind-Mehrotra-loses-Oxfords-Professor-of-Poetry-election/articleshow/4541378.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Arvind Mehrotra loses Oxford's Professor of Poetry election - The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="Soofi 2014">{{cite web | last=Soofi | first=Mayank Austen | title=Arvind Krishna Mehrotra: Allahabad's prodigal poet | website=Livemint | date=29 November 2014 | url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NBAFvOxrFLQKFtvOeoXvPM/Arvind-Krishna-Mehrotra-Allahabads-prodigal-poet.html | accessdate=9 February 2017}}</ref> | Mehrotra was nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at the [[University of Oxford]] in 2009.<ref>[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15316&x=1 Biography at Poetry International Web] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128082419/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15316&x=1 |date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> He came second behind [[Ruth Padel]], who later resigned over allegations of a smear campaign against Trinidadian poet [[Derek Walcott]] (who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Indians-Abroad/Arvind-Mehrotra-loses-Oxfords-Professor-of-Poetry-election/articleshow/4541378.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Arvind Mehrotra loses Oxford's Professor of Poetry election - The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="Soofi 2014">{{cite web | last=Soofi | first=Mayank Austen | title=Arvind Krishna Mehrotra: Allahabad's prodigal poet | website=Livemint | date=29 November 2014 | url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NBAFvOxrFLQKFtvOeoXvPM/Arvind-Krishna-Mehrotra-Allahabads-prodigal-poet.html | accessdate=9 February 2017}}</ref> | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
=== Poetry | === Poetry collections === | ||
*Mehrotra, A. K. (1984). Middle earth. [[Three Crowns Books]]. Delhi: [[Oxford University Press]]. | *Mehrotra, A. K. (1984). Middle earth. [[Three Crowns Books]]. Delhi: [[Oxford University Press]]. | ||
*Mehrotra, A. K. (1976). Nine enclosures. Bombay: Clearing House. | *Mehrotra, A. K. (1976). Nine enclosures. Bombay: Clearing House. | ||
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*Mehrotra, A.K. (2020) Selected Poems and Translations/NYRB Poets. New York: New York Review Books. | *Mehrotra, A.K. (2020) Selected Poems and Translations/NYRB Poets. New York: New York Review Books. | ||
=== Edited | === Edited books === | ||
*Mehrotra, A. K. (2003). History of Indian literature in English. [[New York City|New York]]: [[Columbia University Press]]. | *Mehrotra, A. K. (2003). History of Indian literature in English. [[New York City|New York]]: [[Columbia University Press]]. | ||
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*Mehrotra, A.K. with [[Sara Rai]] (2019). Blue Is Like Blue: Stories by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Delhi: HarperCollins. | *Mehrotra, A.K. with [[Sara Rai]] (2019). Blue Is Like Blue: Stories by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Delhi: HarperCollins. | ||
=== Editor of | === Editor of literary magazines === | ||
* ''damn you/a magazine of the arts.'' [[Allahabad]], [[India]]: 1964-1968. | * ''damn you/a magazine of the arts.'' [[Allahabad]], [[India]]: 1964-1968. | ||
*''Ezra.'' Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966-1969. | *''Ezra.'' Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966-1969. | ||
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* Interview with Bharat Iyer [http://www.eclectica.org/v17n1/iyer.html An Interview with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra—by Bharat Iyer—Eclectica Magazine v16n2] | * Interview with Bharat Iyer [http://www.eclectica.org/v17n1/iyer.html An Interview with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra—by Bharat Iyer—Eclectica Magazine v16n2] | ||
* Poetry Archive [http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/arvind-krishna-mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra] | * Poetry Archive [http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/arvind-krishna-mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra] | ||
* Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Papers 1960-2014 [ | * Interview with Laetitia Zecchini, '[https://www.academia.edu/39141796/_We_were_like_cartographers_mapping_the_city_An_interview_with_Arvind_Krishna_Mehrotra We were like Cartographers, Mapping the City]', Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 2017 | ||
* Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Papers 1960-2014 [https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM08511.html Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra papers, 1960-2014.] | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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[[Category:1947 births]] | [[Category:1947 births]] | ||
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[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century Indian poets]] | [[Category:21st-century Indian poets]] | ||
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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947[1]) is an Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in Lahore in 1947. He has published six collections of poetry in English and two of translation — a volume of Prakrit love poems, The Absent Traveller, recently reissued in Penguin Classics, and Songs of Kabir (NYRB Classics). His Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) has been very influential. He has edited several books, including History of Indian Literature in English (Columbia University Press, 2003) and Collected Poems in English by Arun Kolatkar (Bloodaxe Books, 2010). His collection of essays Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History was published by Permanent Black in 2012. A second book of essays, Translating the Indian Past (Permanent Black), appeared in 2019.
Mehrotra was nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford in 2009.[2] He came second behind Ruth Padel, who later resigned over allegations of a smear campaign against Trinidadian poet Derek Walcott (who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process).[3][4]
Mehrotra has translated more than 200 literary works from ancient Prakrit language, and from Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati.[5]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Poetry collections[edit | edit source]
- Mehrotra, A. K. (1984). Middle earth. Three Crowns Books. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (1976). Nine enclosures. Bombay: Clearing House.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (1982). Distance in statute miles. Bombay: Clearing House.
- Mehrotra, A K. (1998). The transfiguring places: poems. Delhi: Ravi Dayal Publisher.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (2014). Collected Poems 1969-2014. Delhi: Penguin India.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (2016). Collected Poems. Artarmon NSW: Giramondo.
- Mehrotra, A.K. (2020) Selected Poems and Translations/NYRB Poets. New York: New York Review Books.
Edited books[edit | edit source]
- Mehrotra, A. K. (2003). History of Indian literature in English. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (1992). The Oxford India anthology of twelve modern Indian poets. Delhi: Oxford University Press. excerpts
- Translated into German as Mehrotra, A. K. (2006). Indische Dichter der Gegenwart eine Anthologie englischsprachiger Lyrik Indiens. Heidelberg: Verl. Das Wunderhorn.
- Weissbort, D., & Mehrotra, A. K. (1993). Periplus: poetry in translation. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (2007). The last bungalow: writings on Allahabad. New Delhi: Penguin Books.
Translation[edit | edit source]
- Mehrotra, A. K. (1991). The Absent Traveller: Prākrit love poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla. Delhi: Ravi Dayal Publisher.
- Mehrotra, A. K. (2011). Songs of Kabir. New York: NYRB Classics.
- Mehrotra, A.K. with Sara Rai (2019). Blue Is Like Blue: Stories by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Delhi: HarperCollins.
Editor of literary magazines[edit | edit source]
- damn you/a magazine of the arts. Allahabad, India: 1964-1968.
- Ezra. Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966-1969.
- Fakir. Bombay, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966.
See also[edit | edit source]
- Indian English Poetry
- Indian poetry in English
- Indian English Literature
- Indian literature
- List of Indian poets
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Template:Cite LCAuth
- ↑ Biography at Poetry International Web Archived 28 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Arvind Mehrotra loses Oxford's Professor of Poetry election - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
- ↑ Soofi, Mayank Austen (29 November 2014). "Arvind Krishna Mehrotra: Allahabad's prodigal poet". Livemint. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ Marvel, Ishan (13 January 2016). ""Academia In India Is Not Something About Which You Can Have Any Illusions": An Interview With Arvind Krishna Mehrotra". The Caravan.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Poetry Centre, Smith College [1]
- Poems and Bio at Poetry International Web
- Interview with Bharat Iyer An Interview with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra—by Bharat Iyer—Eclectica Magazine v16n2
- Poetry Archive Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
- Interview with Laetitia Zecchini, 'We were like Cartographers, Mapping the City', Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 2017
- Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Papers 1960-2014 Guide to the Arvind Krishna Mehrotra papers, 1960-2014.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
Among the published works giving an analysis of his poetry are:
- Lakshmi Raghunandan. (1990). Contemporary Indian poetry in English: with special emphasis on Nissim Ezekiel, Kamala Das, R. Parthasarathy, and A.K. Ramanujan : other poets assessed are Arun Kolatkar, Shiv K. Kumar, Keki N. Daruwalla, Jayanta Mahapatra, and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. New Delhi: Reliance Pub. House.
Bruce King, (1987, revised edition 2001) Modern Indian Poetry in English. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
He is interviewed in the following works:
- De Souza, E. (1999). Talking poems: conversations with poets. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Reviews
- August Kleinzahler (27 May 2011). "Rebirth of a Poet". The New York Times.