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Bibhu Padhi | |
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![]() Bibhu Padhi at his home in Bhubaneswar in 2020 | |
Born | Cuttack, Odisha, India. | 16 January 1951
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Ravenshaw College, Cuttack |
Occupation(s) | Poet and teacher |
Known for | Poetry and translation |
Spouse | Minakshi Padhi |
Children | Buddhaditya Padhi, Siladitya Padhi |
Parent(s) | Nilachal Padhi, Padmabati Padhi |
Relatives | Debi Prasad Padhi (brother), Sakti Prasad Padhi (brother) |
Bibhu Padhi (born Bibhu Prasad Padhi; 16 January 1951), is an Indian poet. He writes in English and Odia, and is also a translator and literary critic.
Padhi was born on 16 January 1951 in Cuttack, Odisha. [1] He studied at Ravenshaw Collegiate School and Ranihat High School, Cuttack, then joined Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (now Ravenshaw University), for a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1969 and Master of Arts in English literature in 1971. He received a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from Utkal University in 1991 in English literature. [2] He is married to Minakshi Padhi, a writer and academic. [3] Around 1975, he began writing seriously and had his poems published in all the major Indian literary journals, including Debonair, The Illustrated Weekly, Imprint, Indian Literature, and Quest. [4]
Padhi served on the faculty of several colleges in Odisha, including Regional College of Education (now Regional Institute of Education), Ravenshaw College and BJB College, where he taught English Literature. He was also a Counsellor in Creative Writing for the Odisha branch of Indira Gandhi National Open University from 1986 to 1990. [5] He has 17 volumes of poetry in English and 5 volumes of poetry in Odia. His poems have been included in numerous anthologies. He has also authored a novel, called Absences.
His poems have appeared in distinguished magazines throughout the English-speaking world, such as The London Magazine, Times Literary Supplement, Contemporary Review, The Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, The Rialto, Stand, American Media, The American Scholar, Commonweal, The Manhattan Review, The New Criterion, Poetry, Poet Lore, Encounter, Rosebud, Southwest Review, TriQuarterly, New Contrast, The Antigonish Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, Queen’s Quarterly, Takahe, Chandrabhaga, Debonair, and The Toronto Review. They have also been included in numerous anthologies and textbooks. Five of the most recent are The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets, Language for a New Century (Norton), Journeys (HarperCollins), 60 Indian Poets (Penguin) and The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry.
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