Akhil Katyal

Akhil Katyal (born 1985 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh)[1] is an Indian poet, translator, scholar and a queer activist.[2]

Career

Katyal has published four books of poems: The Last Time I Saw You, Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems, How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross, and Night Charge Extra.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] During fall 2016, he was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa.[10] He was the recipient of the Vijay Nambisan Poetry Fellowship for the year 2021. In 2018, he translated Ravish Kumar's book of Hindi poems Ishq Mein Shahar Hona as A City Happens in Love.[11] In 2020, he co-edited The World that Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia.[12] His work appears in Jeet Thayil (ed.) The Penguin Book of Indian Poets (2022).[13] In the summer of 2022, he guest edited a special issue on 'New Indian English Poetry' for Poetry at Sangam.[14]

Katyal is from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has taught creative writing at Ambedkar University Delhi.[15]

References

  1. ^ Jeet Thayil, ed. (2022). The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. ISBN 9789354925108.
  2. ^ "This Poet's Fiery Poem on Same-Sex Love Celebrates SC Verdict". 6 September 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2022. Indian poet and queer activist Akhil Katyal resists against it in this fiery poem
  3. ^ "A South Asian queer poetry anthology seeks to represent the community's everyday realities - Firstpost". firstpost.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  4. ^ Katyal, Akhil. "Delhi Queer Pride: Ten short poems by a city-based queer poet to mark a decade of pride". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. ^ "'Delhi is capable of its moments of liberation': Akhil Katyal on being a queer poet and his undying love for the Capital". The Indian Express. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  6. ^ VagaBomb (20 October 2016). "A Poet for the Millennials: Akhil Katyal on Resistance, Desire, and Everything in Between". VagaBomb. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  7. ^ "You too violate 377: Akhil Katyal's poem lays bare India's hypocrisy". dailyo.in. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Extract: Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems by Akhil Katyal". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  9. ^ Tiwary, Varsha (15 September 2024). "A Multilingual Poem Reminds the Reader of the World that We Actually Inhabit: Akhil Katyal". Frontline. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Akhil KATYAL | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. ^ "A City Happens in Love (Ishq Mein Shahar Hona)". speakingtigerbooks.com. Speaking Tiger Books. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Excerpt: The World That Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia Edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  13. ^ "The Penguin Book of Indian Poets — a feast of literature". Financial Times. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  14. ^ "July 2022 | Poetry at Sangam". Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Delhiwale: Meet the Jangpura Extension poet". hindustantimes.com/. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2018.