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{{Infobox writer 
|name = Geet Chaturvedi
|image = Geet Chaturvedi CLF 3.jpg
| caption = Geet Chaturvedi in 2018
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|11|27}}
|birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|occupation = Poet, lyricist, screenwriter, short story author, novelist, journalist and translator
|nationality = Indian
| period = 1994–present
| genre = Poetry, Novel, Screenwriting
| movement = [[Postmodern literature]]
|awards = Bharat Bhushan Award for Poetry,
Krishna Pratap Award for Fiction,
Spandan Award for poetry,
[[Krishna Baldev Vaid]] Fellowship for fiction,
[[Syed Haider Raza]] Fellowship for fiction
| website = {{URL|http://www.geetchaturvedi.com/}}
|}}

'''Geet Chaturvedi''' (born 27 November 1977) is a [[Hindi]] poet, short story author, and novelist.<ref name="Circumference">{{Cite web|url=http://circumferencemag.org/index.php/?p=3422|title=My body kept clanging like the tin of your house | Circumference}}</ref> Often regarded as an [[avant-garde]] writer, he was awarded the Bharat Bhushan Agrawal Award for poetry in 2007 <ref name="currentgk1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.currentgk.com/gk/awards/other_national_awards.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522141854/http://www.currentgk.com/gk/awards/other_national_awards.html|title=Current GK : News BBA|archivedate=22 May 2009}}</ref> and Krishna Pratap Award for Fiction in 2014.<ref name="literaturestudio1">{{cite web|url=http://literaturestudio.in/literature-studios-advisor-geet-chaturvedi-gets-krishna-pratap-katha-samman/|title=Literature Studio's Advisor Geet Chaturvedi gets Krishna Pratap Katha Samman - Literature Studio|access-date=7 October 2015|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095708/http://literaturestudio.in/literature-studios-advisor-geet-chaturvedi-gets-krishna-pratap-katha-samman/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His novel 'Simsim', translated into English by Anita Gopalan, was longlisted for the [[JCB Prize]] for Literature 2023 <ref name="JCB Prize">{{cite web|url=http://www.thejcbprize.org/book/sim-sim/|title=Simsim by Geet Chaturvedi longlisted for the JCB Prize for literature}}</ref> and also won the [[PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants]].<ref name="PEN America">{{cite web|url=https://pen.org/simsim/|title=Simsim wins PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants|date=27 July 2016 }}</ref> He lives in [[Bhopal]], India. He is active both as a fiction writer and critic. In 2011, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' included him in a list of the 'Ten Best Writers' of India.<ref name="indianexpress1">{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/8103/Eye-The-Sunday-Express-Magazine/July-17-23-2011#p=page:n=9:z=2|title=Indian Express EYE epaper dated Sun, 17 Jul 11|access-date=31 October 2011|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123173120/https://epaper.indianexpress.com/8103/Eye-The-Sunday-Express-Magazine/July-17-23-2011#p=page:n=9:z=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> His poems have been translated into 22 languages.<ref name="The Raza Foundation Bio Page">{{cite web|url=https://www.therazafoundation.org/geet-chaturvedi/|title=Geet Chaturvedi Bio}}</ref> His book of essays 'The Master of Unfinished Things' was included in the list of '75 notable translations worldwide' in 2025 by ''[[World Literature Today]]''.<ref name="75 Notable Translations List WLT">{{cite web|url=https://worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lists/world-literature-todays-75-notable-translations-2025-michelle-johnson|title=WLT List}}</ref>

Chaturvedi is the author of eleven books including the poetry collections ''Aalaap me girah'' in 2010, ''Nyoonatam Main'' in 2017, and ''Khushiyon Ke Guptchar'' in 2019. He also published two collections of novellas, ''Savant Anti Ki Ladkiyan'' and ''Pink Slip Daddy'', in 2010. The novella "Pink Slip Daddy" was considered to be one of the best works of fiction in contemporary Hindi writing by the literary periodical ''Kathadesh''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindiblogs.com/kathadesh-samvad-prativad-teen-kahanikar.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213215900/http://www.hindiblogs.com/kathadesh-samvad-prativad-teen-kahanikar.html|title=Teen Kahanikar, Ravindra Tripathi : Kathadesh (in Hindi)|archivedate=13 February 2010}}</ref>

==Poetry==
Geet Chaturvedi was awarded the Bharat Bhushan Agrawal Award in 2007.<ref name="currentgk1"/> His poetry has been translated into 22 languages.<ref name="literaturestudio1"/> In [[Anita Gopalan]]'s English translation, his poems have been published in [[AGNI (magazine)|''AGNI'']], ''[[PEN America]]'', ''[[Poetry International (magazine)|Poetry International]]'', ''[[Sycamore Review]]'', ''[[World Literature Today]]'', ''[[Words without Borders]]'', ''[[Asymptote (magazine)|Asymptote]]'', ''[[Chicago Review]]'', ''The Offing'', ''[[Modern Poetry in Translation]]'', and elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://columbiajournal.org/excerpt-from-the-amphibian-geet-chaturvedi-translated-from-hindi-by-anita-gopalan/|title=Excerpt from the Poem, The Amphibian, by Geet Chaturvedi, Translated from the Hindi by Anita Gopalan|first1=Geet |last1=Chaturvedi |first2=Anita |last2=Gopalan |date=31 January 2022}}</ref>

===''The Amphibian''===

His long poem ''Ubhaychar'' ('The amphibian') was published in 2010, and treats topics such as memory and collective myths.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://galpaatal.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/a-script-waiting-to-explode-a-hero-retrieved-from-no-mans-land/|title=A script waiting to explode: A hero retrieved from No Man's Land|date=16 June 2010}}</ref>

===''Aalaap mein girah''===
''Aalaap mein girah'' ({{Lit|Nodule in Prelude}}) is the first volume of his poems, published in 2010 with positive reviews. It established Chaturvedi as the leading poet of his generation.<ref name="News18 Hindi">{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/lifestyle/book-review-geet-chaturvedi-poet-profile-hindi-literature-hindi-sahitya-famous-kavi-3636026.html|title=मैं आधी समझी गई पंक्ति हूं, अभी आधा काम बाकी है- गीत चतुर्वेदी|date=27 June 2021|website=News18 हिंदी}}</ref>

===''Nyoonatam Main''===
''Nyoonatam Main'' ({{Lit|The Minimal I}}) is the second volume of his poems, published in 2017. It was named among the best books of Hindi poetry by many literary critics along publications like Femina, Navbharat Times etc. It was included in the [[Dainik Jagran]] Bestseller list 2017–2018. Nyoonatam Main won the prestigious Spandan Award for Hindi poetry.<ref name="News18 Hindi"/>

===''Khushiyon Ke Guptchar''===

''Khushiyon Ke Guptchar'' ({{Lit|Secret Agents of Joys}}) is the third book of Chaturvedi's poems. It became an instant bestseller after its publication. The books has 81 poems of his, written during 2014 to 2017.<ref name="News18 Hindi"/>

==Work==

===''Sim Sim''===

'Sim Sim', published in 2023, is a celebrated novel by Geet Chaturvedi, originally written in [[Hindi]] and later translated into English by Anita Gopalan. The novel poignantly explores the lives of [[Sindhi Hindu]] refugees following the [[Partition of India]], delving into themes of memory, loss, and resilience. Central to the story is Basar Mal, who, after losing his family and homeland, finds solace in a library he builds in [[Mumbai]], while other characters like Dilkhush Sambosewala and Mangan’s Ma add depth to the narrative’s exploration of displacement and longing.<ref name="News 18 English">{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/opinion/book-review-simsim-an-elegy-for-tragedy-of-sindhi-hindus-7606297.html|title=Book Review {{!}} 'Simsim': An Elegy for Tragedy of Sindhi Hindus}}</ref> 'Sim Sim' has received significant critical acclaim in both its Hindi and English versions. In Hindi, it was shortlisted for the prestigious 'Valley of Words (VoW) Awards 2024' for the originality of its voice and the poignant portrayal of the [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] refugees.<ref name="Valley of Words Festival">{{cite web|url=http://theprint.in/india/valley-of-words-festival-announces-its-2024-shortlists-for-english-hindi-fiction-categories/2171529/|title=Valley of Words festival announces its 2024 shortlists for English & Hindi fiction categories|website=[[ThePrint]] |date=12 July 2024 }}</ref> The English translation was awarded the [[PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants]] by [[PEN America]], recognizing its literary merit and the quality of its translation.<ref name="PEN America"/> Notably, Simsim was longlisted for the [[JCB Prize]] for Literature 2023, one of India’s most prestigious literary awards, further cementing its status as a groundbreaking contemporary literary work.<ref name="JCB Prize"/> The novel's lyrical prose and sensitive portrayal of displacement have garnered critical acclaim, with [[The Hindu]] describing it as "indelible, in that it cannot be truly forgotten."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/book-review-simsim-author-geet-chaturvedi-translator-anita-gopalan-partition-story-sindhis-displacement/article67388572.ece/|title=A memory palace for loss {{!}} Review of Geet Chaturvedi's ''Simsim'', translated by Anita Gopalan |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2024 |last1=Bharucha |first1=Percy }}</ref> Simsim is often compared to the works of V.S. Naipaul, Marcel Proust, and J.M. Coetzee.<ref name="News 18 English"/>

===''The Master of Unfinished Things''===

''The Master of Unfinished Things'', translated into English by Anita Gopalan and published by Penguin Books, is a triptych of memoirs, diary entries, creative prose, and essays that blends introspection with myth, anecdote, and literary reflection.<ref name="Penguin Books">{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-master-of-unfinished-things/|title=The Master of Unfinished Things}}</ref> Widely praised as an “ode to incompleteness,” the book explores unfinished endings in life and art, offering a quietly absorbing and unconventional reading experience. Its themes range from the author’s relationships with books, writers, cricket, and nature to deeper inquiries into writing, identity, and memory.<ref name="Frontline Review">{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/geet-chaturvedi-master-of-unfinished-things-book-review/article69540270.ece#:~:text=An%20ode%20to%20incompleteness&text=Geet%20Chaturvedi%20is%20a%20Hindi,and%20creative%20prose%3B%20and%20essays.|title=An ode to incompleteness}}</ref>

In the titular essay, Chaturvedi reflects on his own abandoned projects to argue that incompletion is intrinsic to love, creativity, and living itself—a central idea that recurs throughout the collection. Reviewers have noted the book’s elegant fusion of personal reflection with literary and cultural allusion, highlighting its poetic cadence and its invitation to embrace uncertainty rather than resolution, with essays such as ''Cat Years'' frequently singled out as emblematic of its tone.<ref name="WLT Review">{{cite web|url=https://worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/january/master-unfinished-things-geet-chaturvedi|title=Review The Master of Unfinished Things in WLT}}</ref><ref name="Hindustan Times Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-the-master-of-unfinished-things-by-geet-chaturvedi-101768376446590.html|title=Review The Master of Unfinished Things}}</ref>

In a May 2025 review for [[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]], critic Aditya Sinha specifically described Chaturvedi as a "writer's writer" while praising his collection, ''The Master of Unfinished Things''. Sinha noted that the book captures the "spirituality of incompleteness" and serves as a profound investigation into the craft of writing.<ref name="Frontline Review"/> Anita Gopalan’s translation has been consistently commended for its fluency and tonal sensitivity,<ref name="The Hindu Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/book-review-the-master-of-unfinished-things-geet-chaturvedi-translation/article70274972.ece|title=Review The Master of Unfinished Things}}</ref> and the book was selected by ''[[World Literature Today]]'' as one of the “75 Notable Translations Worldwide” in 2025.<ref name="75 Notable Translations List WLT"/>

===''Aunt Savant And Her Daughters''===

''Savant Anti Ki Ladkiyan'' ({{Lit|Aunt Savant And Her Daughters}}), his first book of fiction, contains three novellas set in Mumbai. The common theme of the stories is women obsessed with the idea of love.

===''Pink Slip Daddy''===

[[File:Geet_Chaturvedi-Orkut.jpg|thumb|alt=Alt|Geet Chaturvedi]]

''Pink Slip Daddy'', published in 2010, is also a collection of three novellas.The title story is about a man called Prafful Shashikant Dadhich or PSD, nicknamed "Pink Slip Daddy". The book received the Krishna Prataap Award for Fiction 2014. The award statement mentioned Chaturvedi's "mastery as a storyteller", and his "taut poetic language".<ref name="literaturestudio1"/>

==Translation==

Among the poets he has translated into Hindi, Sabeer Haka, [[Adam Zagajewski]], [[Bei Dao]], [[Dunya Mikhail]], [[Iman Mersal]], [[Eduardo Chirinos]], [[Adunis]], [[Mahmoud Darwish]], [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Federico Garcia Lorca]] are to name a few.

==Selected bibliography==

===Poetry===
* 2019: {{cite book| title=Khushiyon Ke Guptchar| date=December 2019| publisher= Rukh Publications, New Delhi.|isbn=978-81-943123-0-7 | title-link=Khushiyon Ke Guptchar}}
* 2017: {{cite book| title=Nyoonatam Main| date=January 2017| publisher=[[Rajkamal Prakashan]], New Delhi.|isbn=978-81-267-2971-5 | title-link=Nyoonatam Main}}
* 2010: {{cite book| title=Aalaap mein girah| date=February 2010| publisher=[[Rajkamal Prakashan]], New Delhi.| isbn=978-81-267-1853-5 | title-link=Aalaap mein girah}}

===Fiction===
* 2023: {{cite book| title=Sim Sim| publisher=Hind Yugm, New Delhi| date=Jan 2023| isbn=978-93-92820-30-4 }}
* 2023: {{cite book| title=Gomutra| publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi| date=Oct 2023| isbn=978-81-19835-44-7 }}
* 2010: {{cite book| title=Savant Aunty Ki Ladkiyan| publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi| date=June 2010| isbn=978-81-267-1922-8 }}
* 2010: {{cite book| title=Pink Slip Daddy | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi| date=June 2010| isbn=978-81-267-1933-4 }}

===Non-fiction===
* 2021: {{cite book| title=Adhuri Cheezon Ka Devta| date=January 2021| publisher= Rukh Publications, New Delhi.|isbn=978-81-943123-1-4 | title-link=Adhuri Cheezon Ka Devta}}
* 2018: {{cite book| title=Table Lamp| publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi| date=May 2018| isbn=978-81-267-3088-9 }}

===Translated by Geet Chaturvedi===
* 2018: Khud se Kai Sawal, by [[Amit Dutta]], Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi. {{ISBN|978-81-267-3073-5}}.
* 2004: Chile Ke Jungalon se, Prose by [[Pablo Neruda]], Samvad Prakashan

===Editing===
* 2018: Lekhak Ka Cinema, Writings on world cinema by [[Kunwar Narayan]], edited by Geet Chaturvedi, Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi. {{ISBN|978-81-267-3047-6}}.

===Geet Chaturvedi in translation===
* 2025: The Master of Unfinished Things, translated by Anita Gopalan, Penguin Books, New Delhi, India. {{ISBN|978-01-43471639}}.
* 2023: Sim Sim, translated by Anita Gopalan, Penguin Books, New Delhi, India. {{ISBN|978-0-670-09728-9}}.
* 2022: Nyoonatam Main (Punjabi), Poems, translated by Pawan Naad, Autumn Art Publishers, Patiala, Punjab. {{ISBN|978-93-94183-41-4}}.
* 2021: Chitta Phool Je Gulabi Hona Chahunda, Essays on literature in Punjabi translation, translated by Gaurav, Autumn Art Publishers, Patiala, Punjab. {{ISBN|978-93-90849-24-6}}.
* 2019: The Memory of Now, translated by Anita Gopalan, Anomalous Press, Rhode Islands, USA. {{ISBN|978-1-939781-44-4}}.
* 2019: Simsim, Marathi translation by Jui Kulkarni, Book Hungama, Pune

==Awards and honors==
Chaturvedi has won several awards and recognitions for his writings.<ref name="hindi.news18.com">{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/lifestyle/book-review-book-review-hindi-poet-geet-chaturvedi-adhuri-cheezon-ka-devta-rukh-publications-3602743.html|title= News18 Hindi Article Jadui Gady ka Udaharan|date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Bharat Bhushan]] award for poetry
* 2011: One of the ten best writers of India, [[Indian Express]]
* 2014: Krishna Pratap Katha Samman for fiction for ''Pink Slip Daddy''
* 2016: [[PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants]] for ''Sim Sim'' to his translator Anita Gopalan
* 2018: [[Shailesh Matiyani]] Katha Samman for fiction for ''Pink Slip Daddy''
* 2019: [[Krishna Baldev Vaid]] fellowship for fiction
* 2019: [[Syed Haider Raza]] fellowship for fiction
* 2020: Vagdhara Navratna Samman for poetry for ''Nyoonatam Main''
* 2020: Spandan Kriti Samman for poetry for ''Nyoonatam Main''
* 2021: Vatayan International Literature Award for his contribution to Hindi literature (United Kingdom)
* 2023: ''Sim Sim'' longlisted for the [[JCB Prize for Literature]]
* 2024: ''Sim Sim'' shortlisted for the VoW Book Awards
* 2024: Vageeshwari Samman for non-fiction ''Adhuri Cheezon Ke Devta''
* 2025: ''The Master of Unfinished Things'' included in the list of '75 Notable Translations of 2025' by [[World Literature Today]]

==Other recognition==
* During 2017–2018, ''Nyoonatam Main'' was regularly listed in the [[Dainik Jagran]] Bestselling Books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiaeducationdiary.in/hindi-bestseller-announced-dainik-jagrans-monthly-programme-sanidhya/|title= India Education Diary|date=27 April 2020}}</ref> It was listed in the ''Best Books of the Year'' lists by many publications including Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, Nai Duniya and Femina Magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.femina.in/hindi/sahitya/review/best-5-hindi-poetry-collection-of-year-201617_-1584-3.html/|title= Femina Hindi List|date=23 January 2018}}</ref>
* ''Khushiyon Ke Guptchar'' was listed into the top five Hindi poetry books of the year in 2019-2020 by the leading newspaper Navbharat Times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/education/expert-advice/year-ender-2019-book-you-should-read-of-2019-publication/articleshow/73016507.cms|title= Navbharat Times List|date=29 December 2019}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://geetchaturvedi.com/|name=Official website of Geet Chaturvedi}}
*[https://pen.org/translation/simsim Simsim by Geet Chaturvedi: PEN America]
* [http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/poetry/two-poems-hindi-geet-chaturvedi Two poems by Geet Chaturvedi: World Literature Today]
* [http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/translation-tuesday/bearing-across-patterns-asymmetry-translating-geet-chaturvedi-anita-gopalan Anita Gopalan's essay on translating Geet Chaturvedi]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.mptmagazine.com/poem/the-memory-of-now-772/ Geet Chaturvedi's poem: Modern Poetry in Translation]
* [https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/27284/Geet-Chaturvedi/en/tile Geet Chaturvedi's poems: Poetry International Rotterdam, Translated by Anita Gopalan]
* [http://geetchaturvedi.blogspot.com/ Geet Chaturvedi's blog in Hindi]
* [http://www.kavitakosh.org/geetchaturvedi Geet Chaturvedi's poems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208114910/http://kavitakosh.org/geetchaturvedi |date=8 December 2015 }} in Hindi at [http://kavitakosh.org/ Kavitakosh]
* [http://museindia.com/MuseIndiaClient/MuseIndiaUI/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=articles&issid=65&menuid=6335 Geet Chaturvedi's Interview and two poems (English)]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}: [[Muse India]]
* [http://circumferencemag.org/?p=3422 Geet Chaturvedi's poems at Circumference: Poetry In Translation]
* [http://columbiajournal.org/excerpt-from-the-amphibian-geet-chaturvedi-translated-from-hindi-by-anita-gopalan/?fbclid=IwAR3KcTrC5KzcbiU4Rn11NSDned4baz2p9oKVuodHcs1iT7ete916h8iUeUw Excerpt from The Amphibian in the Columbia Journal]
* [https://luvina.com.mx/poemas-geet-chaturvedi/ Geet Chaturvedi's poems in Spanish translation in Mexican journal Luvina]

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