Prakash Kona

Prakash Kona Reddy
Born	(1967-07-14) July 14, 1967 (age 57) Hyderabad, India
Alma mater	University of Mississippi University of Hyderabad Osmania University
Genre	Marxism, a history of Anarchism, Avant-garde poetry, Third World Resistance writing, polemical cinema
Notable works	Conjurer of nights
Website
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Prakash Kona Reddy (born 1967) is an Indian novelist, essayist, poet and theorist who lives in Hyderabad, India. He was a professor of English literature at The English and Foreign Languages University (Hyderabad campus).

He writes in English, and is the author of nine books to date.

Bibliography

• Conjurer of Nights [Poetry; 2012 Waterloo Press] ^[1]
• Nunc Stans [Creative Non-fiction: 2009, CROSSING CHAOS enigmatic ink, Ontario, Canada]
• How I Invented Myself as 'Prakash Kona' [Poetry; 2008 Monsoon Editions, Calicut, India]
• Words on Lips of a Stranger (as Kona Prakash Reddy) [Poetry; 2005, Writers Workshop Calcutta]
• Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace [Fiction: 2005, Fugue State Press, New York] ^[2]
• Literary Criticism: A Study of Pluralism (Wittgenstein, Chomsky and Derrida) [Theory; 2004, Wisdom House Publications, Leeds, England]
• Streets that Smell of Dying Roses[Fiction: 2003, Fugue State Press, New York; also Yeti Books, Calicut, India] ^[3]
• You and Other Poems (as Kona Prakash Reddy) [Poetry; 1997, Writers Workshop Calcutta
• Poems for Her (as Kona Prakash Reddy) [Poetry; 1992, Writers Workshop Calcutta

Other works, including essays ^{[4] [5]} and fictional vignettes, are published widely on the Internet.

In August 2010 Kona contributed to an eBook collection of political poems entitled Emergency Verse - Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State edited by Alan Morrison. ^[6]

Themes

His fiction is highly unusual, an experimental combination of free-floating emotion and political theory that can depict, for example, a city or a love relationship in an ambiguous, flowing, non-concrete and yet highly personal and heartfelt manner.

References

1. Kona, Prakash (2012). Conjurer of Nights. Waterloo Press. p. 43. ISBN   9781906742515 . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
2. Kona, Prakash (2005). Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace. Fugue State Press. p. 160. ISBN   9781879193147 . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
3. k, Prakash (2003). Streets that Smell of Dying Roses. Fugue State Press. p. 246. ISBN   9781879193109 . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
4. Kona, Prakash. "Some Issues With #BlackLivesMatter". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
5. Kona, Prakash. "What India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi And Members Of Opposition Should Read". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
6. http://www.therecusant.org.uk The Recusant eZine