1960
Indian
Author, Former Additional Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General in the rank of Special Secretary to Govt of India
Kuldeep Kumar Srivastava (born 1960)[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4]
Srivastava wrote Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant, a literary non-fiction published in March 2019.[5][6][3]
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)[7] and his book Shadows of the Real was translated into Russian language by veteran Russian poet Adolf Shvedchikov.[8]
As Principal Accountant General, he headed big offices in States like Kerala, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.[3]
Bibliography
- Shadow of the Real. Rupa, 2012. 160 pages. Template:ISBN.[1]
- Shadow of the Real. 2017. 116 pages. Translated into Russian by the Russian poet Adolf Shvedchikov[9]
- Ineluctable Stillness (A Collection of Poems). 2005. Template:ISBN.[2]
- An Armless Hand Writes.
- Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant. 2019. 208 pages. Template:ISBN.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shadows of the Real | Rupa Publications. Rupapublication.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Review of Ineluctable Stillness (A collection of poems). Indian Literature({Template:Date).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Book Review By Dr RJ Das: Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant. The Financial Express(16 July 2019).
- ↑ K. K. Srivastava: 'Poems Represent Some Sort Of Conversation With My Solitude' - Interview. Eurasia Review(22 August 2017).
- ↑ a book review by Jonah Raskin: Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant. The New York Review of Books.
- ↑ An uncivil servant's inner world. The Pioneer.
- ↑ Andhere Se Nikali Kavitayen{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Vani Prakashan(2011). ISBN 978-93-5000-150-9
- ↑ A CONVERSATION: Extraordinary Author-Poet K.K. Srivastava Talks About His Work And Career. desibuzzcanada.com.
- ↑ Russian Anthology "Shadow of the Real" Released in Trivandrum. Ind.rs.gov.ru.