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'''Kuldeep Kumar Srivastava''' (born 1960)<ref name="rupapublications">{{cite web |title=Shadows of the Real {{!}} Rupa Publications |url=http://rupapublications.co.in/books/shadows-of-the-real/ |website=Rupapublication}}</ref> is an Indian poet and author. He has written three volumes of poetry and a literary semi-autobiographical non-fiction. Srivastava is the former Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the Office of the [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]], [[New Delhi]].<ref name='jstor'>{{cite journal |last1=Bandopadhyay |first1=Manohar |title=Review of Ineluctable Stillness (A collection of poems) |journal=Indian Literature |date=2006 |volume=50 |issue=4 (234) |pages=201–203 |jstor=23346454 |issn=0019-5804}}</ref><ref name='FE'>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=RJ |title=Book Review By Dr RJ Das: Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-soliloquy-of-a-small-town-uncivil-servant/1645975/ |work=The Financial Express |date=16 July 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Srivastava was born in 1960 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He received his master's degree in Economics in 1980 from [[Gorakhpur University]] and joined Civil Services in 1983. His first poetry book ''Ineluctable Stillness'' came in 2005 followed by two more poetry collections and a semi-autobiographical non-fiction.<ref>{{cite web |title=K. K. Srivastava: 'Poems Represent Some Sort Of Conversation With My Solitude' - Interview |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/22082017-k-k-srivastava-poems-represent-some-sort-of-conversation-with-my-solitude-interview/ |website=Eurasia Review |date=22 August 2017}}</ref>

Srivastava wrote ''Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant'', a literary non-fiction published in March 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=a book review by Jonah Raskin: Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant |url=https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/soliloquy |website=[[The New York Review of Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pioneer |first1=The |title=An uncivil servant's inner world |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/sunday-edition/an-uncivil-servant-s-inner-world.html |website=The Pioneer |language=en}}</ref><ref name='FE'/>

Srivastava is known for his incisive book reviews and articles published in The Pioneer, The Daily Star and Kitaab Singapore.

His poems have been translated into Hindi (Andhere Se Nikli Kavitayen—Nardeo Sharma and Jaswinder Singh) (2017)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pāṇḍeya |first1=Jagadīśa Prasāda |title=Andhere Se Nikali Kavitayen |date=2011 |publisher=Vani Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5000-150-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvwpDgAAQBAJ |language=hi}}</ref> and his book ''Shadows of the Real'' was translated into [[Russian language]] by veteran Russian poet Adolf Shvedchikov.<ref>{{cite web |title=A CONVERSATION: Extraordinary Author-Poet K.K. Srivastava Talks About His Work And Career |url=https://www.desibuzzcanada.com/post/a-conversation-extraordinary-author-poet-kk-srivastava-talks-about-his-work-and-career |website=desibuzzcanada.com |language=en}}</ref>

As Principal Accountant General, he headed big offices in States like Kerala, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.<ref name='FE'/>

==Bibliography==
*''Shadow of the Real.'' Rupa, 2012. 160 pages. {{ISBN|978-81-291-2011-3}}.<ref name="rupapublications"/>
**''Shadow of the Real.'' 2017. 116 pages. Translated into Russian by the Russian poet Adolf Shvedchikov<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Anthology "Shadow of the Real" Released in Trivandrum |url=http://ind.rs.gov.ru/en/news/6276?category_id=9 |website=Ind.rs.gov.ru}}</ref>
*''Ineluctable Stillness (A Collection of Poems).'' 2005. {{ISBN|8173137277}}.<ref name='jstor'/>
*''An Armless Hand Writes.''
*''Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant.'' 2019. 208 pages. {{ISBN|9353040833}}.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://sibila.com.br/english/agron-shele-a-poet-from-belgium-in-conversation-with-indian-poet-k-k-srivastava-about-his-poetry-life-and-society/13142 Interview with Agron Shele, a poet from Belgium]
*[https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/14/18745/Poet-of-a-Shared-Paranoia Interview with Brazilian poet and critic Régis Bonvicino]
*[https://www.desibuzzcanada.com/post/a-conversation-extraordinary-author-poet-kk-srivastava-talks-about-his-work-and-career Interview with Ashok Bhargava, President Writers International Network, Canada]
*[https://atunispoetry.com/2016/09/17/k-k-srivastava-in-talk-with-kurt-f-svatek/ K K Srivastava: In talk with Kurt F Svatek, an Austrian poet]
*{{YouTube|4lEdjmLgWCo|Srivastava's Interview in Aaj Savere on T.V. Channel [[DD National]]}}

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->Ken Gallager at 17:45, 7 October 2020