*SINGH, Kanwar Dinesh (
KANWAR
DINESH SINGH has
his doctorate in English literature from
Reveries Incessant (1993),
Implosions (1996),
Asides (1996),
Thinking Aloud (1999),
The Theophany
(1999),
House Arrest (2000),
Deuce: Haiku Poems (2001; in collaboration with Patricia Prime of
The Flow of Soul (2002),
Rainbows, Moonbows
and Fog (2002), and
Scintillations: The Junctures of Satori (2003) .
In
Hindi, he has published two volumes of poems:
Put-bhed
(2003) and
Kuhra Dhanush (2006).
Singh
is the recipient of the SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD from the Government of Himachal Pradesh for his poetry book HOUSE ARREST (Kolkata: Writers Workshop,2000), and the ACHARYA MAHAVIR PRASAD DWIVEDI SAMMAN for
his book of Hindi poems entitled PUT-BHED
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His
poems, reviews and articles have also appeared in several leading newspapers,
journals and magazines viz. Indian Express, The Hindustan Times, National
Herald, The Tribune, Femina, Sun, The Rashtriya Sahara, Amar Ujala, Dainik Bhasker,
Dainik Jagaran, New Quest,
Poetry Today, Journal of Indian Writing in English, Poet, Poetcrit,
Continuum, The Quest, Indo-Asian Literature, Indian Book Chronicle, Art and
Poetry Today, Heaven, Metverse Muse, Urdu Alive, The
Brain Wave, Bridge-in-Making, Canopy, Cyber Literature, Kafla,
World Poetry, Wanderlust, Litcrit India and hyphen
among many others.
His
collection of critical essays and papers has appeared under the title - NEW
EXPLORATIONS IN INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY (2003),
besides a book of critical survey of Indian Women's Poetry under the title:
FEMINISM & POSTFEMINISM: The Context of Modern Indian
Women Poets Writing in English (2004).
Currently,
Singh teaches English in a College and
edits LITCRIT INDIA- a journal of creative and
critical writing in English, and HYPHEN- a monthly of
contemporary thought and human values.
Contact:
kanwardineshsingh@yahoo.co.in;
hyphenmonthly@yahoo.com