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Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih is an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and translator. He writes in Khasi.[1] and English. He is the author of the critically acclaimed, epic-length novel Funeral Nights[2][3][4][5] published by Context/Westland for India and by And Other Stories for the UK and the US.

In 2008, he received the Veer Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah National Award[6] for Tribal Literature[7] from the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

He is a Life Member of the Poetry Society of India, New Delhi,[8] and a founder member of North-East Writers’ Forum, Guwahati.[9] He is also a member of All India Tribal Literary Forum, New Delhi,[10] Muse India, Hyderabad,[11] and Khasi Authors’ Society, Shillong[12]

Life[edit]

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih[13] was born on 4 April 1964 in Sohra (Cherrapunjee)[14], East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya[15], to Perisibon Nongkynrih and O. Surong. He belongs to the Khasi (Khynriam) tribe[16]. He was educated at Ram Krishna Mission Primary School[17], Maraikaphon[18], Sohra, and Government Boy’s High School, Shillong.[19] He completed BA[20] in English literature[21] from St. Anthony’s College[22]. He received his MA and PhD from North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU)[23], Shillong.

Career[edit]

He was an Auditor[24] in the office of the Accountant General (Audit), Shillong[25][26] from 1988 to 1990. He taught at Sankardev College, Shillong[27] from 1990 to 2001. In 1994, he became the Founder Editor[28] of Apphira Daily News[29], Shillong, and remained there till 1996. Between 1998 and 2000, he was the editor of Dongmusa[30], a weekly newspaper. He was the Deputy Director of NEHU Publications[31] and the University’s Public Relations Officer between 2001 and 2007.

He edited NEHU News[32] and was the Associate Editor of The NEHU Journal[33] between 2001 and 2007.

He has been teaching literature in the Department of English, NEHU, Shillong since 2007[34].

He received a Fellowship for Outstanding Artists 2000 from the Department of Culture and Tourism.[35] He is the recipient of North-East Poetry Award 2004[36] from the North-East India Poetry Council, Tripura and the Veer Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah National Award for Tribal Literature from the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2008. He also received the Tagore Fellowship from IIAS, Shimla[37] in 2018, The Bangalore Review June Jazz Award in 2021[38]; and The Sparrow-R Thyagarajan Literary Award 2022[39], from SPARROW, Mumbai.

Some of his plays in Khasi, including Ka Jingngiah ïa ka Bneng (The Distaste of Heaven) or Ka Khanatang U Klew bad ka Sngi: A Khasi Musical[40] have been staged. Ki Miet ka Jingtriem (Nights of Terror), has been made into a film by State of Mind Production for Doordarshan Kendra, Shillong.[41]

Kynpham[42] has translated several children’s books from English into Khasi for the National Book Trust,[43] India, New Delhi. He has translated poetry and short stories[44] [45]from Khasi into English for Indian Literature[46] (Sahitya Akademi)[47], Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from North-East India[48][49] (Penguin[50]), Where the Sun Rises, When Shadows Fall[51] (Oxford University Press)[52], Katha anthologies[53], and others.

Selected Bibliography[edit]

  • Moments: A First Collection of Poems (Writers Workshop)[54]
  • The Sieve: A Collection of Love Poems[55] (Writers Workshop)
  • The Season of the Wind[56] (Pine Cones Publications)[57]
  • The Fungus (2008)[58] (Pine Cones Publications)
  • The Yearning of Seeds (2011)[59] (HarperCollins)[60] [61]
  • Time’s Barter: Haiku and Senryu[62] (2015) (HarperCollins)
  • Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the Northeast (NEHU Publications)[63]
  • Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from North-East India (Penguin)[48]
  • Late-Blooming Cherries: Haiku Poetry from India (HarperCollins)[64][65]
  • U Sier Lapalang[66] (2005, Katha) [67]
  • Around the Hearth: Khasi Legends (2007, Penguin),[68][69]
  • The Legend of U Thlen: A Graphic Novel (2013, Blaft Publications)[70]
  • Manik: A Play in Five Acts[71] (2018, Dhauli), translated into Hindi as Manik Raitong (2023, Setu Prakashan) [72]
  • Funeral Nights (Context/Westland for India, And Other Stories for the UK and the US)[73][74]
  • The Distaste of the Earth (Penguin, May 2024)[75]
  • A Handbook for Apphira Journalists (1994, Apphira Publications) [citation needed]
  • The Story of Khasi Archery: From God-given Gift to Poetry and Dream Psychology[76] (2010, Pine Cones Publications)[77]
  • Hiraeth and the Poetry of Soso Tham: A Study of the Great Unconventional Elegy and the Poetry of the Khasi National Bard [78] (2011, Ri Khasi Book Agency & North Eastern India for Indigenous Studies, Shillong)
  • I Moiñ Moiñ Syiar [14] (1993, R. Khongwir)[79]
  • Ki Jingkynmaw (an edited anthology of poetry, 2002, S. G. R. Lanong) [citation needed]
  • Ka Samoi jong ka Lyer (2007, Pine Cones)[80]
  • Ki Mawsiang ka Sohra (2007, Pine Cones Publications)[81]
  • Ban Sngewthuh ïa ka Poitri (2009, Gautam Brothers & Himalaya Book Stall)[82]
  • Ka Jingïapeiñ jong ka Por: Ki Haiku bad Senryu (2009, Pine Cones Publications & Ri Khasi Books Agency)[77]
  • Ka Mother Teresa: Ka Kmie ki Kam Isynei (2010, Gautam Brothers & Himalaya Book Stall) [citation needed]
  • Ki Miet ka Jingtriem[83] (2011, Pine Cones Publications)
  • Ka Pyrkhat Niam ki Khanatang [84] (2011, Pine Cones Publications)
  • Ki Kyrwoh: Ki Khana Phawer [85] (2015, Pine Cones Publications & Ri Khasi Book Agency)
  • Ka Jingngiew ka Mynsiem Briew (2022, Pine Cones Publications) [citation needed]
  • Ka Jingshai ha ka Miet (2023, Pine Cones) [citation needed]

See also[edit]

External Links[edit]

1. Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih (poet) - India - Poetry International[36]

2. Khasi hills and Khasi culture: Reconnection in Kynpham Sing[86]

3. Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih - Mint Lounge[87]

4. A Comparative Study of John Ashbery's Where Shall I Wander [provide link]

5. Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih - FBS UNY [provide link]

6. Funeral Nights Is an Unconventional Novel About the Khasis[5]

8. Around the Hearth: Khasi Legends - Goodreads[88]

9. Time's Barter: Haiku and Senryu - Kynpham ... - Google Books[89]

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