Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947^[1]) is a noted Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator.

Biography

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in Lahore 1947. He has published four collections of poetry in English and one of translation (a volume of Prakrit love poems recently reissued in Penguin Classics). His Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) is very influential. He has edited several books of translation and criticism, including An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003). Presently, he is Head of the Department of English at the University of Allahabad. He was nominated for the chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford in 2009.^[2]

Arvind Mehrotra stood for this temporary academic position at the University of Oxford. He came second behind Ruth Padel who later resigned over allegations of smearing Derek Walcott (who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process).^[3] An active campaign to encourage his assumption of the position is being led by British author Toby Litt, and supported by Australian and Indian poets Bridget Khursheed and Shaik Zakeer Hussain and Neil Astley, the Editor of Bloodaxe Books.^[4] Mehrotra himself remains undecided.^[5]

Bibliography

Poetry Collections

• 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.

Edited Books

• 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

• Hāla, & Mehrotra, A. K. (1991). The Absent traveller: Prākrit love poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla. Delhi: Distributed by Orient Longman.

Editor of Literary Magazines

• Ezra. Allahabad, India: Ezra-Fakir Press, 1966. "A magazine of neo imagiste poetry." and
• Fakir. Bombay:
• Concrete poetry, Bombay

Secondary Works on Mehrotra

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 Kolatkar, Shiv K. Kumar, Keki Daruwala, Jayanta Mahapatra, and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. New Delhi: Reliance Pub. House.

Bruce King, (1987, revised edition 2001) Modern Indian Poetry in English.

He is interviewed in the following works:

• De Souza, E. (1999). Talking poems: conversations with poets. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Reviews

• August Kleinzahler (May 27, 2011). "Rebirth of a Poet". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/book-review-songs-of-kabir-by-translated-by-arvind-krishna-mehrotra.html?_r=1. 

References

1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
2. ^ Biography at Poetry International Web.
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ outlining Facebook campaign to get Arvind Mehrotra to stand again
5. ^ [ describing Arvind Mehrotra's current position on the first scandal

External links

• [2]
• Poems and Bio at Poetry International Web

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