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'''Akhil Katyal''' is an Indian poet and [[LGBTQ rights]] activist. <br />
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==Career==<br />
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Katyal has published three books of poems - ''Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems'', ''How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross'' and ''Night Charge Extra''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/a-south-asian-queer-poetry-anthology-seeks-to-represent-the-communitys-everyday-realities-4507491.html|title=A South Asian queer poetry anthology seeks to represent the community's everyday realities - Firstpost|website=firstpost.com|access-date=2018-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/857500/delhi-queer-pride-ten-short-poems-by-a-city-based-queer-poet-to-mark-a-decade-of-pride|title=Delhi Queer Pride: Ten short poems by a city-based queer poet to mark a decade of pride|last=Katyal|first=Akhil|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/delhi-is-capable-of-its-moments-of-liberation-akhil-katyal-on-being-a-queer-poet-and-his-undying-love-for-the-capital/|title=‘Delhi is capable of its moments of liberation’: Akhil Katyal on being a queer poet and his undying love for the Capital|date=2018-01-29|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vagabomb.com/10-Beautiful-Poems-by-Akhil-Katyal/|title=A Poet for the Millennials: Akhil Katyal on Resistance, Desire, and Everything in Between|last=VagaBomb|date=2016-10-20|work=VagaBomb|access-date=2018-06-26|language=En}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/variety/homosexuality-lgbtq-section-377-oral-sex-anal-sex-akhil-katyal-poem-goes-viral/story/1/8778.html|title=You too violate 377: Akhil Katyal's poem lays bare India's hypocrisy|website=dailyo.in|access-date=2018-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/extract-like-blood-on-the-bitten-tongue-delhi-poems-by-akhil-katyal/story-MSWq8XBhgvQ2CUlgxb7bLJ.html|title=Extract: Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems by Akhil Katyal|website=hindustantimes.com|access-date=2020-06-12}}</ref> During Fall 2016, he was an International Writing Fellow at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/akhil-katyal|title=Akhil KATYAL {{!}} The International Writing Program|website=iwp.uiowa.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref> In 2018, he translated [[Ravish Kumar]]'s book of Hindi poems ''Ishq Mein Shahar Hona'' as ''A City Happens in Love''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://speakingtigerbooks.com/books/a-city-happens-in-love/|title=A City Happens in Love (Ishq Mein Shahar Hona) |publisher=[[Speaking Tiger Books]] |website=speakingtigerbooks.com|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> In 2020, he co-edited ''The World that Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/excerpt-the-world-that-belongs-to-us-an-anthology-of-queer-poetry-from-south-asia-edited-by-aditi-angiras-and-akhil-katyal/story-NHISdyy3JRj2pRidgwrC7H.html|title=Excerpt: The World That Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia Edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal|website=hindustantimes.com|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref><br />
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Katyal is from [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and teaches creative writing at [[Ambedkar University Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-wale-meet-the-jangpura-extension-poet/story-dt79FpFjY00VfVtUGLPe1K.html|title=Delhiwale: Meet the Jangpura Extension poet|date=2017-05-15|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en}}</ref><br />
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