Sudeep Sen | |
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 Sudeep Sen (centre) at the Odisha Literacy Festival, 2012. | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Alma mater | Hindu College, Delhi |
| Genre | modernism |
| Notable works | New York Times; Monsoon |
| Notable awards | Kathak Literary Award; Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize |
Sudeep Sen (born 1964) is an Indian English poet and editor. [1]
He was educated at St Columba's School in Delhi and received a degree in English literature from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. Sen also received a master's degree in English and creative writing from Hollins University, and was an international scholar at Davidson College. From 1992 to 1993 he was international poet-in-residence at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, and in 1995 he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University. [2] [1] In 1995 he set up a poetry publishing company, Aark Arts. He has a son named Aria. [2]
Sen's books include Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems,Rain, Aria, Postcards from Bangladesh,Fractals: New & Selected Poems | Translations 1980-2015 and EroText. [3] [ self-published source ]
| Year | Works | Awards |
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| 2022 | Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation | joint-winner of the US$10,000 Rabindranath Tagore Literature Prize for 20221-22 [4] |
| 2018 | Postcards from Bangladesh | UPL Excellence Award [5] |
| 2017 | EroText | Global Literary Festival Award for Literary Excellence [6] |
| 2017 | EroText | Best Book of the Year [7] |
| 2009 | Aria | AK Ramanujan Translation Award [8] |
| 2009 | Blue Nude | Jorge Zalamea Poetry Award [9] |
| 2007 | Kathak Literary Award [10] | |
| 2004 | Pleiades Honour[ citation needed ] |
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