Sonnet Mondal
Sonnet Mondal | |
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Occupation | Poet and Editor |
Language | English |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
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Sonnet Mondal is an Indian poet, editor and the founder editor of The Enchanting Verses Literary Review.[1][2] Sonnet Mondal writes in English and has also gained international fame through his appearances at numerous literary festivals like Galle Literary Festival,[3] Poesiefestival - Berlin, and Struga Poetry Evenings.[4] He is one of the international coordinators of Lyrikline, Haus für Poesie Berlin,[5] and has been an author at the Silk Routes project of the International Writing Program, University of Iowa.[6][7][8][9][10]
Life and work[edit]
Born and brought up in Kolkata Sonnet Mondal has been a contributing editor for the Words Without Borders magazine and Poetry at Sangam. He publishes The Enchanting Verses and acts as a curator for Lyrikline and Nederlands Letterenfonds.[11] In November 2016, Mondal led an Indian cultural delegation to the Ars Poetica International Festival, Slovakia[12][13] and read at the 2018 Fairway Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka.[14] In 2017, he read at the Cork International Festival, Ireland[15] and represented India at the 10th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Poetry and Literature festival and was a part of the Indian-Hungarian translation workshop in 2018 organised by the Fiatal Írók Szövetsége.[16] His poems have appeared in publications like World Literature Today,[17] Kyoto Journal, Irish Examiner,[18] and his poems in Slovenian translation were aired at the Literary Nokturno program of the Public Radio & Television of Slovenia in 2016.[19][20]
Reception[edit]
Sonnet Mondal was featured as one of the Famous Five of Bengali Youths by India Today in 2010,[21] and in March 2015, he was named by the website The CultureTrip as one of the top five entrepreneurs of Indian poetry in English[22]. In 2018 he was among the top five recommendations of News World India[23] and was also featured in the list of fourteen young poets at MensXP.com.[24] In February 2018 BuzzFeed listed him among 20 Modern Indian Poets Who Will Make You Fall In Love With Poetry.[25]. Sonnet Mondal was awarded the Gayatri Garmarsh Memorial award for literary excellence in 2016. [26]
Publication (Selection)[edit]
- Twenty One Lines Fusion Sonnets of 21st Century, Sparrow Publication 2010
- Diorama of Three Diaries, Authorspress 2011
- Ink and Line, Dhauli Books 2018[27]
References[edit]
- ↑ "For Better or Verse — The Hindu".
- ↑ "The Statesman".
- ↑ "2018 Galle Literary Festival".
- ↑ "Participant Profile - Struga Poetry Evenings".
- ↑ "Lyrikline Partners Stage at 19th Poesiefestival Berlin".
- ↑ "Words Without Borders contributor profile".
- ↑ "Poetry at Sangam".
- ↑ "Inside the Works of a Poet-Sonnet Mondal — Kathmandu Tribune".
- ↑ "Silk Routes Project IWP IOWA".
- ↑ "Interview - Indulge Express".
- ↑ "Dutch Connection to India - Nederlands Letterenfonds".
- ↑ "Sonnet to take Indian poetry to Slovakia and Ireland Lit Fests - Indiacurrents magazine".
- ↑ "Hans India".
- ↑ "SIDDARTH DASGUPTA AND SONNET MONDAL: POETRY AND TEA - Daily Mirror Sri Lanka".
- ↑ "Cork International Poetry Festival".
- ↑ "FIATAL ÍRÓK SZÖVETSÉGE".
- ↑ "Author profile - World Literature Today".
- ↑ "Artist profile - Prakriti Foundation".
- ↑ "Of travelling hearts and contemporary poets: Reading Sonnet Mondal - Free Press Kashmir".
- ↑ "Sonnet Mondal –soaring on the wings of poesy - Hans India".
- ↑ "Famous Five- India Today".
- ↑ "Top 5 Literary Entrepreneurs of Indian Poetry You Should Know - Culturetrip.com".
- ↑ "On World Poetry Day, 5 Contemporary Indian Poets Not To Miss - News World India".
- ↑ "14 Young Poets - MensXP".
- ↑ "20 Modern Indian Poets Who Will Make You Fall In Love With Poetry".
- ↑ "Gayatri Gamarsh Literary awards - Gateway Lit Fest".
- ↑ "Sonnet Mondal's 'Karmic Chanting' to travel to USA and Europe". 25 June 2018.
External links[edit]
- Kashmir Reader Newspaper
- Rising Kashmir Newspaper
- Interview at Indiablooms News Service
- Asian Lite News
- Newsmobile
- Inspiration Unlimited magazine
- Tollykata
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