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{{Short description|American author}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kiran Bhat
| image = Kiran's rainbow lit fest reading.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|4|21}}
| birth_place = [[Jonesboro, Georgia]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[New York University]]
| occupation = novelist, poet, short-story writer
| years_active = 2013-present
| known_for = Poetry collections Autobiografia, Speaking in Tongues (2022) and the novel We of the Forsaken World (2020)
| website = {{URL|https://kiranbhatweldgeist.com/}}
}}

'''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)'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Indian literature: Page turners 2022 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2022/dec/31/indian-literature-page-turners-2022-2533449.html |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> and the novel ''We of the Forsaken World'' (2020).<ref name="globalatlanta.com">{{Cite web |title=Kiran Bhat's Book Launch: We of the Forsaken World |url=https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/kiran-bhats-book-launch-we-of-the-forsaken-world/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Global Atlanta |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Kiran Bhat and Book: We of the Forsaken World |url=https://www.khabar.com/events-calendar/Author-Kiran-Bhat-and-Book-We-of-the-Forsaken-World |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.khabar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2021 |title="I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar) |url=http://kitaab.org/2021/03/16/i-like-the-idea-of-channeling-the-sorts-of-stories-that-humans-like-to-come-back-to-kiran-bhat-author-girar/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=KITAAB |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bhat was born to doctors Anu and Subra Bhat and raised in [[Jonesboro, Georgia]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat |url=http://prismmagazine.ca/2021/04/29/circling-the-world-an-interview-with-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=PRISM international |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Veena |date=10 January 2020 |title=I try to compress our globe into a single narrative fictional space: Author Kiran Bhat |url=https://nripulse.com/i-try-to-compress-our-globe-into-a-single-narrative-fictional-space-author-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=NRI Pulse |language=en-US}}</ref> He began writing at the age of 17.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2021 |title=A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Kiran Bhat |url=https://feversofthemind.com/2021/08/16/a-fevers-of-the-mind-quick-9-interview-with-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Fevers of the Mind |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiran Bhat Interviewed by Paresh Tiwari – EKL REVIEW |url=https://eklreview.com/kiran-bhat-interviewed-by-paresh-tiwari/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> Bhat graduated from [[New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2019 |title=NRI writer's travelogue 'Tirugata' released in city |url=https://starofmysore.com/nri-writers-travelogue-tirugata-released-in-city/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Star of Mysore |language=en-US}}</ref> He spent time studying abroad in Spain from 2010 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellacheruvu |first=Abhinav |date=16 March 2018 |title=Meet Global Citizen and Writer Kiran Bhat |url=https://archives.rgnn.org/2018/03/17/meet-global-citizen-writer-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=ROOSTERGNN |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==

In 2017 Bhat published ''Accepting My Place,'' a collection of nonfiction journals written between 2011 and 2014.<ref name="eBookIt.com">{{Cite book |last=B |first=K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSI_DwAAQBAJ |title=Accepting My Place: The Early Journals |date=17 November 2017 |publisher=eBookIt.com |isbn=978-1-4566-2928-1 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2019 he published a Kannada-language travelogue titled ''Tirugaatha.''<ref name="Kiran Bhat">{{Cite web |title=Kiran Bhat |url=http://cordite.org.au/author/kiranbhat/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Cordite Poetry Review |language=en-US}}</ref> Other books he released during this year include the poetry collection ''Autobiografia''<ref name="globalatlanta.com"/> and the Mandarin-language poetry collection ''Kiran Speaks.''<ref name="Kiran Bhat"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2020 |title=What Rough Beast {{!}} Poem for 30 January 2020 |url=https://www.indolentbooks.com/what-rough-beast-poem-for-january-30-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Indolent Books |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2020 Bhat published a Portuguese story collection titled Afora, Adentro<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 January 2020 |title=What Rough Beast {{!}} Poem for 30 January 2020 |url=https://www.indolentbooks.com/what-rough-beast-poem-for-january-30-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Indolent Books |language=en-US}}</ref> and his novel We of the forsaken world...<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editor_Kitaab |date=16 March 2021 |title="I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar) |url=http://kitaab.org/2021/03/16/i-like-the-idea-of-channeling-the-sorts-of-stories-that-humans-like-to-come-back-to-kiran-bhat-author-girar/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=KITAAB |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Kiran Bhat and Book: We of the Forsaken World |url=https://www.khabar.com/events-calendar/Author-Kiran-Bhat-and-Book-We-of-the-Forsaken-World |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.khabar.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Edinboro Now |url=https://www.edinboronow.com/article/world-traveling-author-makes-stop-at-edinboro |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.edinboronow.com}}</ref> The latter was reviewed by [[Kirkus Reviews]]' paid Kirkus Indie program.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kiran-bhat/we-of-the-forsaken-world/ |title=WE OF THE FORSAKEN WORLD... {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> It is a [[short story cycle]] involving sixteen narratives based in four imagined places replicating the industrialising parts of our world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-23 |title="'The Will to Survive Is a Force That Never Discriminates': Literature and Global Environmental Refugees and Other 'Forsaken' Peoples" by Cristina Deptula for Bad Survivalist |url=https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2020/04/23/deptula/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Heavy Feather Review |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021 Bhat announced that he was working on a new novel, titled ''Girar.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat |url=http://prismmagazine.ca/2021/04/29/circling-the-world-an-interview-with-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=PRISM international |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Veena |date=12 April 2021 |title=With Girar, author Kiran Bhat is reinventing storytelling and publishing |url=https://nripulse.com/with-girar-author-kiran-bhat-is-reinventing-storytelling-and-publishing/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=NRI Pulse |language=en-US}}</ref> Girar is released as a digital novel in monthly installments, with each story set in another country of the world.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-20 |title=BOMB Magazine {{!}} Writing on the Go: Kiran Bhat Interviewed |url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/kiran-bhat-interviewed/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=BOMB Magazine}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2021-11-09 |title=Lounge Interview: Kiran Bhat (Author, Traveller and Polyglot) |url=http://kitaab.org/2021/11/09/lounge-interview-kiran-bhat-author-traveller-and-polyglot/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=KITAAB |language=en-US}}</ref>

Bhat published the poetry collection ''Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish'' through the publisher Red River in 2022.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Book Review: Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/book-review-speaking-in-tongues-poems-in-spanish-mandarin-and-turkish-weekender_story-236727 |journal=Outlookindia|date=12 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian literature: Page turners 2022 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2022/dec/31/indian-literature-page-turners-2022-2533449.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> 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.<ref name="A Poetic Call for Peace">{{Cite web |title=A Poetic Call for Peace |url=https://thewire.in/books/a-poetic-call-for-peace |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Wire}}</ref>

Bhat has also been a contributor to publications such as [[The Brooklyn Rail]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhat |first=Kiran |title=BrooklynRail.org contributor Kiran-Bhat |url=https://brooklynrail.org/contributor/Kiran-Bhat |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Brooklyn Rail |language=en-US}}</ref> [[The Kenyon Review]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhat |first=Kiran |date=16 November 2020 |title=Dancing on the Back of God: A Profile of Kazim Ali, A Poet at His Strongest « Kenyon Review Blog |url=https://kenyonreview.org/2020/11/dancing-on-the-back-of-god-a-profile-of-kazim-ali-a-poet-at-his-strongest/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Kenyon Review |language=en |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119154532/https://kenyonreview.org/2020/11/dancing-on-the-back-of-god-a-profile-of-kazim-ali-a-poet-at-his-strongest/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Colorado Review]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Voice of Sheila Chandra |url=https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/the-voice-of-sheila-chandra/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Center for Literary Publishing |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Eclectica Magazine]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Poet's Journey: a Conversation with Douglas Cole—Interview by Kiran Bhat—Eclectica Magazine 24n4 |url=https://www.eclectica.org/v24n4/bhat.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.eclectica.org}}</ref> and The Chakkar.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Kiran Bhat |url=https://www.thechakkar.com/kiran-bhat |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Chakkar |language=en-IN}}</ref> He has also worked as a Spanish to English literary translator for poets Carlos Lopez, Antonio Guzman Gomez, and the Snichimal Vayuchil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakraborthy |first=Biswadip |date=2021-12-25 |title=Almendranada - A Poem by Carlos Lopez |url=https://www.theantonymmag.com/almendranada-carlos-lopez/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=The Antonym |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vok'el, Unen Tseb, Chal Tijmembele, Lioyote, Ts'unel, Vilan: Candelaria Alvarez, translated by Kiran Bhat - Beltway Poetry Quarterly |url=https://www.beltwaypoetry.com/vokel-unen-tseb-chal-tijmembele-lioyote-tsunel-vilan-candelaria-alvarez-translated-by-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=www.beltwaypoetry.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bhat is of [[Kannadiga]] origin. He has traveled to over 147 countries and held residence in 18 cities.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> He resides in [[Mumbai|Mumbai, India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiran Bhat {{!}} The Caravan |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/author/64341 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=caravanmagazine.in}}</ref> He speaks several languages including English, Kannada, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Turkish.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />

== Selected bibliography ==

* ''Early Stories'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhat |first=Kiran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nohHyEWcFtkC |title=Early Stories |date=20 April 2013 |publisher=eBookIt.com |isbn=978-1-4566-1657-1 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Accepting My Place'' (2017)<ref name="eBookIt.com"/>
* ''Tirugaatha'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiran Bhat |url=http://cordite.org.au/author/kiranbhat/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Cordite Poetry Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Autobiografia'' (2019)<ref name="eBookIt.com"/>
* ''We of the forsaken world'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=we of the forsaken world... {{!}} Iguana Books |url=https://www.iguanabooks.ca/books/we-of-the-forsaken-world |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.iguanabooks.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2019 |title=we, the forsaken world, by Kiran Bhat |url=https://dactylreview.com/2019/12/08/we-the-forsaken-world-by-kiran-bhat/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Dactyl Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=George |first=Abigail |date=13 May 2020 |title=On the page the novelist-poet questions in Kiran Bhat's seminal work: We of the Forsaken World |url=https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/05/13/on-the-page-the-novelist-poet-questions-in-kiran-bhats-seminal-work-we-of-the-forsaken-world/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Modern Diplomacy |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Girar (2021)<ref name=":1" />''
* ''Speaking in Tongues (2022)<ref name=":0" />''

== Book contributions ==

* Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021 by Many Poets<ref>{{Cite book |last=Poets |first=Many |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SOAzgEACAAJ |title=Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021 |date=15 June 2021 |publisher=Amazon Digital Services LLC – KDP Print US |isbn=978-81-952401-0-4 |language=en}}</ref>
* The Best Asian Short Stories 2021 by Zafar Anjum<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Anjum |first1=Zafar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQ2wzgEACAAJ |title=The Best Asian Short Stories 2021 |last2=Vethamani |first2=Malachi Edwin |date=2021 |publisher=Kitaab |isbn=978-981-18-0038-2 |language=en}}</ref>
* Amity: Peace Poems (2022)<ref name="A Poetic Call for Peace"/>

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Alimirza at 01:58, 10 March 2026