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Kiran Bhat

Kiran Bhat

American author

Kiran Bhat (born 21 April 1990) is an Indian–American novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator, who has written the poetry collections  Autobiografia, Speaking in Tongues (2022),[1] and the novel We of the Forsaken World (2020).[2][3][4]

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Early life

Bhat was born to doctors Anu and Subra Bhat and raised in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States.[5][6] He began writing at the age of 17.[7][8] Bhat graduated from New York University.[9] He spent time studying abroad in Spain from 2010 to 2011.[10]

Career

In 2013 Bhat published his first book, titled Early Stories, which is a collection of stories written during his college years and subsequent time period he spent traveling.[11]

In 2017 Bhat published Accepting My Place, a collection of nonfiction journals written between 2011 and 2014.[12]

In 2019 he published a Kannada-language travelogue titled Tirugaatha.[13] Other books he released during this year include the poetry collection Autobiografia[2] and the Mandarin-language poetry collection Kiran Speaks.[13][14]

In 2020 Bhat published a Portuguese story collection titled Afora, Adentro[15] and his novel We of the forsaken world...[16][17][18]  The latter was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.[19] It is a short story cycle involving sixteen narratives based in four imagined places replicating the industrialising parts of our world.[20]

In 2021 Bhat announced that he was working on a new novel, titled Girar.[21][22] Girar is released as a digital novel in monthly installments, with each story set in another country of the world.[23][24]

Bhat published the poetry collection Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish through the publisher Red River in 2022.[25][26] Bhat also contributed the poem "A Reporter Asked" to the poetry anthology Amity: Peace Poems, which was edited by Sahana Ahmed and published in December 2022.[27]

Bhat has also been a contributor to publications such as The Brooklyn Rail,[28] The Kenyon Review,[29] Colorado Review,[30] Eclectica Magazine,[31] and The Chakkar.[32] He has also worked as a Spanish to English literary translator for poets Carlos Lopez, Antonio Guzman Gomez, and the Snichimal Vayuchil.[33][34]

Personal life

Bhat is of Kannadiga origin. He has traveled to over 147 countries and held residence in 18 cities.[32][18] He resides in Mumbai, India.[35] He speaks several languages including English, Kannada, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Turkish.[23][24]

Selected bibliography

  • Early Stories (2013)[36]
  • Accepting My Place (2017)[12]
  • Tirugaatha (2019)[37]
  • Autobiografia (2019)[12]
  • We of the forsaken world (2020)[38][39][40]
  • Girar (2021)[21]
  • Speaking in Tongues (2022)[1]

Book contributions

  • Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021 by Many Poets[41]
  • The Best Asian Short Stories 2021 by Zafar Anjum[42]
  • Amity: Peace Poems (2022)[27]

References

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    "Indian literature: Page turners 2022". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "Kiran Bhat's Book Launch: We of the Forsaken World". Global Atlanta. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    ""I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar)". KITAAB. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat". PRISM international. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    Veena (10 January 2020). "I try to compress our globe into a single narrative fictional space: Author Kiran Bhat". NRI Pulse. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Kiran Bhat". Fevers of the Mind. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "Kiran Bhat Interviewed by Paresh Tiwari – EKL REVIEW". Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "NRI writer's travelogue 'Tirugata' released in city". Star of Mysore. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    Mellacheruvu, Abhinav (16 March 2018). "Meet Global Citizen and Writer Kiran Bhat". ROOSTERGNN. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    Early Stories. eBookIt.com. 20 April 2013. ISBN 978-1-4566-1657-1.
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    B, K. (17 November 2017). Accepting My Place: The Early Journals. eBookIt.com. ISBN 978-1-4566-2928-1.
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    "Kiran Bhat". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "What Rough Beast | Poem for 30 January 2020". Indolent Books. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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    "What Rough Beast | Poem for 30 January 2020". Indolent Books. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    Veena (12 April 2021). "With Girar, author Kiran Bhat is reinventing storytelling and publishing". NRI Pulse. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    "BOMB Magazine | Writing on the Go: Kiran Bhat Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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    "Lounge Interview: Kiran Bhat (Author, Traveller and Polyglot)". KITAAB. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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    "Book Review: Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish". Outlookindia. 12 November 2022.
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    "Indian literature: Page turners 2022". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    "A Poetic Call for Peace". The Wire. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    Bhat, Kiran. "https://brooklynrail.org/contributor/Kiran-Bhat". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 6 February 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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    Bhat, Kiran (16 November 2020). "Dancing on the Back of God: A Profile of Kazim Ali, A Poet at His Strongest « Kenyon Review Blog". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    "The Voice of Sheila Chandra". Center for Literary Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    "A Poet's Journey: a Conversation with Douglas Cole—Interview by Kiran Bhat—Eclectica Magazine 24n4". www.eclectica.org. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    "Kiran Bhat". The Chakkar. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    Chakraborthy, Biswadip (25 December 2021). "Almendranada - A Poem by Carlos Lopez". The Antonym. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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    "Vok'el, Unen Tseb, Chal Tijmembele, Lioyote, Ts'unel, Vilan: Candelaria Alvarez, translated by Kiran Bhat - Beltway Poetry Quarterly". www.beltwaypoetry.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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    Bhat, Kiran (20 April 2013). Early Stories. eBookIt.com. ISBN 978-1-4566-1657-1.
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    "we, the forsaken world, by Kiran Bhat". Dactyl Review. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    George, Abigail (13 May 2020). "On the page the novelist-poet questions in Kiran Bhat's seminal work: We of the Forsaken World". Modern Diplomacy. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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    Poets, Many (15 June 2021). Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021. Amazon Digital Services LLC – KDP Print US. ISBN 978-81-952401-0-4.
  42. [42]
    Anjum, Zafar; Vethamani, Malachi Edwin (2021). The Best Asian Short Stories 2021. Kitaab. ISBN 978-981-18-0038-2.
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