Anant Kumar

Anant Kumar (born September 28, 1969 in Motihari/Bihar), is a German author of Indian descent. He resides in Kassel, Germany.

Life

The son of an Indian teacher from Bihar, Kumar went to college from 1991 to 1998 at the GHK (Gesamthochschule Kassel), where he received a a Master’s degree in German Literature, writing his thesis on Alfred Döblin’s epic novel "Manas".

In his literary works, Kumar connects the experiences of a foreigner in German society with Indian culture. His first work, "Fremde Frau, fremder Mann" (Foreign Woman, Foreign Man), is characterized by its pithy insights and expressive perceptiveness. The aspects of observational satire and finely ironic comment are constant elements throughout Kumar’s work. In his work "Zeru — A Seven Day Story" Kumar alludes to the literary form of the epos and brilliantly depicts the colorful array of daily life for an African boy amid wild and ancient myths of the dark continent.

Anant Kumar is a member of the Association of German Authors and the Literary Society of Hessen.

Works

* Fremde Frau - fremder Mann : Ein Inder dichtet in Kassel. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 1997, ISBN 3932497007
* Kasseler Texte : Gedichte, Kurzgeschichten, Beobachtungen, Glossen, Skizzen, Reflexionen. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 1998, ISBN 3932497120
* Die Inderin : Prosa. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 1999, ISBN 3932497325
* ... und ein Stück für Dich : ein Bilderbuch für Kinder und Erwachsene. Geest-Verlag, Ahlhorn 2000, ISBN 3934852297
* Die galoppierende Kuhherde : Essays und andere Prosa. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2001, ISBN 3932497589
* Die uferlosen Geschichten. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2003, ISBN 3937101047
* Drei Kilo Hühner : Grotesken, Glossen, Satiren. Fünf-Finger-Ferlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3980893456
* Zeru : eine siebentägige Geschichte. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2005, ISBN 3937101780
* Indien I: Süß. IATROS-Verlag, Mainz 2006 ISBN 393743948X
* Indien II: Sauer. IATROS-Verlag, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3937439498
* Ein Inder in Deutschland. Wiesenburg Verlag, Schweinfurt 2008, ISBN 9783939518914

Awards

* 2002: Finalist in the Würth-Literatur-Preis, (Tübingen Poetry-Lectureship)
* 2003: Poeticus-Shortshtory-Preis, Spittal an der Drau
* 2003: Scholarship from contest Inselschreiber, Sylt-Quelle, Rantum
* 2004: Finalist, May-Ayim-Award (Poetry), Berlin
* 2006: Rudolf-Descher-Feder, Annual Award from Association of Authors IGdA e. V.)

References

* Banerjee, Mita. "Travelling Theory, Reshaping Disciplines? Envisioning Asian Germany through Asian Australian Studies". "Journal of Intercultural Studies", Volume 27, No. 1/2, February 2006, pp. 167 – 185. (back)
* Brisson, Ulrike. " [http://epu.ucc.ie/scenario/2007/01/brisson/05 Sansibar oder der wirkliche Grund : Drama in a College German Language Class] ". "Scenario", No. 1, 2007. (back)
* Cheesman, Tom & Kulkarni, Sukanya. " [http://members.aol.com/germanlit/contents-9-1.html Dancing Words and Dancing in Diaspora] ". "Dimension2, Contemporary German-Language Literature", Volume 9, No. 1/2, Nacogdoches. (back)
* Fedtke, Jana. " [http://www.stoa.org/kflc2/viewabstract.php?id=427&cf=6 Bitter-sweet Universality as a Catalyst for Change in Anant Kumar’s Indien I: Süß and Indien II: Sauer] ". University of South Carolina, Columbia, 2006. (back)
* Kumpf, Kirsten. " [http://etd.lib.uiowa.edu/2005/kkumpf.pdf Improvement through movement : A thematic and linguistic analysis of german minority writing through the works of Anant Kumar] ". Graduate College of The University of Iowa, Iowa, 2005. (back)
* Mehta, Amrit. " [http://www.iatros-verlag.de/e1297/e1294/Identitaet.pdf Identitätsdivergenz eines indischen Autors in Deutschland] ". "Symposium: „Kommunikation und Konflikt“", Universität Salzburg, Wien, 2006. (german) (back)
* Schomacker, Tim. [http://www.taz.de/pt/2000/03/15/a0222.1/text Multikulti mit feinen Rissen] in "Die Tageszeitung" newspaper, March 15, 2000. (german) (back)
* Veteto-Conrad, Marilya. " [http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/IFR/bin/get.cgi?directory=Vol.28/&filename=Conrad.htm German Minority Literature : Tongues Set Free & Pointed Tongues] ". "The International Fiction Review", No.28 . (back)

Weblinks

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* [http://www.anant-kumar.de.vu Official Internet Debut by Anant Kunar]

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