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{{Infobox poet<br />
| name = D. C. Chambal<br />
| image =D. C. Chambial.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|09|29}}<br />
| birth_place = Bajrol in [[Kangra, Himachal Pradesh|Kangra]] (Now in Hamirpur), [[Himachal Pradesh]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Poet, editor, critic, academic<br />
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|'' Hour of Antipathy''<br />
|'' Mellow Tones''<br />
|'' Gyrating Hawks & Sinking Roads''<br />
|'' Words: 1979–2010 (A Collection of Poems)''}}<br />
|website = {{URL|http://dcchambial.blogspot.in//}}<br />
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'''Duni Chand Chambial''' (born 29 September 1950),<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Harle|first1=Rob|title=In Conversation with D.C. Chambial|journal=Writers in Conversation|volume=4|issue=1|url=https://journals.flinders.edu.au/index.php/wic/article/view/1/1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ghosh|first1=Parthajit|title=An Evening with D. C. Chambial: A Short Interview|journal=The Literary Herald|volume=1|issue=2|page=206 |url=http://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/26__parthajit_ghosh_interview.pdf}}</ref> is a contemporary [[bilingual]] poet<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dominic|first1=K. V.|title=Critical Perspectives on the Poetry of R.K. Singh D.C. Chambial and I.K. Sharma|date=2011|publisher=Lotus Press|isbn=978-8192125497|url=https://www.amazon.in/Critical-Perspectives-Poetry-Chambial-Sharma/dp/8192125491/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488107215&sr=8-1&keywords=D+C+Chambial+Book}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Laxmiprasad|first1=Dr. P. V.|title=Mapping Thematic Variations: The Poetry of D.C. Chambial|date=2015|publisher=Authorspress|location=New Delhi, [[India]]|isbn=978-9352070220|url=https://www.amazon.in/Mapping-Thematic-Variations-Poetry-Chambial/dp/9352070224/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488107215&sr=8-2&keywords=D+C+Chambial+Book}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reddy|first1=T.V.|title=A Critical Survey of Indo-English Poetry|date=2016|publisher=Authorspress|location=New Delhi, [[India]]|isbn=978-9352072491|url=https://www.amazon.in/Critical-Survey-Indo-English-Poetry/dp/9352072499/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1KK5P50VR8PYWGAAWM9F}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reddy|first1=T. V.|title=The Poetry of D. C. Chambial (Essays in Evaluation)|date=2007|publisher=Poetcrit Publication|location=[[Maranda, India]]|isbn=81-87656-05-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Poetry of D. C. Chambial: Views, Reviews and Comments|date=2008|publisher=Poetcrit Publication|location=[[Maranda, India]]|isbn=978-81-87656-07-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rizvi|first1=I.H. & Rizvi, N. F.|title=Origin, Development and History of Indian English Poetry|date=2008|publisher=Prakash Book Depot|location=[[Bareilly]], [[India]]|isbn=978-81-7977-266-9}}</ref> from [[Himachal Pradesh]] and a critic who, as an editor in chief, has been editing [[Poetcrit]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Poetcrit|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/ugc_admin_journal_report.aspx?eid=NDU0NDM=|website=UGC|publisher=UGC|accessdate=1 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Poetcrit|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/subjectwisejurnallist.aspx?tid=cG9ldGNyaXQ=&&did=Q3VycmVudCBUaXRsZXM=|website=UGC|publisher=UGC|accessdate=1 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chambial|first1=D.C.|title=Poetcrit}}</ref> a reviewed international [[Academic journal|journal]] ({{ISSN|0970-2830}}) for more than three decades. Chambal appeared as an [[Indian English]] poet by publishing his first volume, ''Broken Images'', in 1983. He rooted himself as a poet in [[Indian English Poetry]] with the continuous publication of his several other English poetry collections and one in [[Hindi]]. His poems have been translated into many languages.<br />
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==List of works==<br />
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===Poetry collections===<br />
* ''Broken Images'' (1983), Samkaleen Prakashan, New Delhi, India<br />
* ''The Poetry OF Himachal Pradesh'' (1983), edited, Poetry Publications, Aska ([[Odisha|Orissa]]), [[India]]<br />
* ''The Cargoes of the Bleeding Hearts & Other Poems'' ( 1984), Golden Books of India, [[Calcutta]], India<br />
* ''Himpaat'' (Poems in Hindi) (1985), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
* ''Perceptions'' (1986), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, [[India]] <br />
* ''Gyrating Hawks & Sinking Roads'' (1996), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, [[India]] <br />
* ''Before The Petals Unfold'' (2002), Poetcrit Publications, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
* ''This Promising Age and Other Poems'' (2004), Poetcrit Publications, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
* ''Collected Poems: 1979 – 2004'' <ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Collected Poems (1979–2004)|date= 2004|publisher=Poetcrit Publication|location=[[Maranda, India]]|isbn=81-87656-04-2}}</ref> (2004), Poetcrit Publications, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, [[India]] <br />
* ''Mellow Tones''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Mellow Tones|date=21 January 2010|publisher=America Star Books|isbn=978-1448927524|url=https://www.amazon.in/Mellow-Tones-India-DC-Chambial/dp/1448927528/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1KK5P50VR8PYWGAAWM9F}}</ref> (2009), [[Publish America]], [[Baltimore]], United States<br />
* ''Words'' (2010), Aadi Publications, [[Jaipur]], India<br />
* ''Words: 1979–2010'' (A Collection of Poems) <ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Words: 1979–2012: A Collection of Poems|date=18 December 2012|publisher=Aadi Publications|location=[[Jaipur]], [[India]]|isbn=978-9380902883|url=https://www.amazon.in/Words-1979-2012-Collection-Chambial-D/dp/9380902883/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488107215&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=D+C+Chambial+Book}}</ref> (2012) Aadi Publications, [[Jaipur]], India<br />
* ''Hour of Antipathy''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Hour of Antipathy|date=2014|publisher=Poetcrit Publication|location=[[Maranda, India|Maranda]] ([[Himachal Pradesh]]), [[India]]|isbn=978-81-87656-07-4}}</ref> (2014), Poetcrit Publications, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
* ''Songs of Sonority and Hope''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Songs of Sonority and Hope|date=2018|publisher=Authorpress|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-93-87651-23-4}}</ref> (2018), Authorpress, New Delhi, India.<br />
* ''Song of Light and Other Poems: 2017-2020''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Song of Light and Other Poems: 2017-2020|date=2020|publisher=Aadi Publications|location=Jaipur|isbn=978-9387799530}}</ref> (2020), Aadi Publications, [[Jaipur]], India.<br />
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===Criticism===<br />
* ''Death and Suffering in the Poetry of Krishna Srinivas''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=Death and Suffering in the Poetry of Krishna Srinivas|date=1996|publisher=Poet Publications|location=Chennai}}</ref>(1996), Poet Publications, [[Chennai]], India <br />
* ''The Theme of Death and Suffering in the Poetry of O. P. Bhatnagar''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chambial|first1=D. C.|title=The Theme of Death and Suffering in the Poetry of O. P. Bhatnagar|date=1999|publisher=Kanta Sahitya Prakashan|location=Maranda}}</ref> (1999), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, [[Maranda, India|Maranda]], Himachal Pradesh [[India]] <br />
* ''English Poetry in India: A Secular Viewpoint''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Prem|first1=PCK, Chambial, D. C.|title=English Poetry in India: A Secular Viewpoint|date=2011|publisher=Aavishkar Publishers|location=[[Jaipur]], [[India]]|isbn=978-8179103647|url=https://www.amazon.in/English-Poetry-India-Secular-Viewpoint/dp/8179103641/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1488107215&sr=8-3&keywords=D+C+Chambial+Book}}</ref> (2011), Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, [[Jaipur]], [[India]] .<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
In recognition of his achievements Professor Chambial has received several awards and honours, among them:<br />
*[[Lachian]] Art Letters Bronze Medal, 1987 Trans-World Poetry Exposition, [[Campbell, California]] (United States);<br />
*7th Poetry Day Australia, Australia Bicentenary, [[Gold medal]], 26 August 1988;<br />
*Poetry Day Australia, Ist decade [[Bronze Medal]], 1991–92;<br />
*Certificate for Excellence as International Writer, 30 April 1992, Directory of International Writers ([[University of Colorado]], United States);<br />
*POETCRIT: POETRY MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR, 1995 by International Writers Association;<br />
*Michael Madhusudan Academy Award 1995, Michael Madhusudan Academy, [[Calcutta]];<br />
*Poetry Day Australia, Dove in [[Peace Award]], [[Gold medal]], 2000;<br />
*Hon. Member, Governing board of directors, ABI, [[Raleigh]] (United States);<br />
*Second Best Fixed Form Poet of the Year 2003, Competition organized by Metverse [[Muse]], [[Visakhapatnam]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]]);<br />
*Participated in 6th [[World Poetry Day]] organized under the aegis of [[Sikkim]] [[Akademy]], [[Gangtok]] (21–24 March 2006);<br />
*"Life Time Achievement Award" by [[Poetry Intercontinental]], [[Chennai]], 2009.<br />
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