"The Coffin Maker" is a poem by the Indian English poet Gopi Krishnan Kottoor. The poem won Second Prize in the Sixth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1995.[1] This was the first major literary award for Kottoor, who went on to win four more major poetry awards at All India Poetry Competition.
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The poem has received positive reviews since its first publication in 1995 in the book Emerging Voices[2] and has since been widely anthologised.[3] The poem has been frequently quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English poetry.[4] The poem has become very popular in Indian English literature and has been widely anthologised.
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- ↑ "Award Winning Poems – AIPC 1995".
- ↑ Poetry India – Emerging Voices by H K Kaul, Virgo Publications, 1998
- ↑ Contemporary Indian Poets by Jeet Thayil, Fulcrum, Bloodaxe Books, 1996
- ↑ "Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets – Rana Nayar in The Tribune".