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Kiran Bhat
Born
1990-4-21 (age 36)
Jonesboro, Georgia, U.S.


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)


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),[1] and the novel We of the Forsaken World (2020).[2][3][4]

Early life

Bhat was born to doctors Anu and Subra Bhat and raised in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States.[5][6] He began writing at the age of 17.[7][8] Bhat graduated from New York University.[9] He spent time studying abroad in Spain from 2010 to 2011.[10]

Career

In 2017 Bhat published Accepting My Place, a collection of nonfiction journals written between 2011 and 2014.[11]

In 2019 he published a Kannada-language travelogue titled Tirugaatha.[12] Other books he released during this year include the poetry collection Autobiografia[2] and the Mandarin-language poetry collection Kiran Speaks.[12][13]

In 2020 Bhat published a Portuguese story collection titled Afora, Adentro[14] and his novel We of the forsaken world...[15][16][17]  The latter was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews' paid Kirkus Indie program.[18] It is a short story cycle involving sixteen narratives based in four imagined places replicating the industrialising parts of our world.[19]

In 2021 Bhat announced that he was working on a new novel, titled Girar.[20][21] Girar is released as a digital novel in monthly installments, with each story set in another country of the world.[22][23]

Bhat published the poetry collection Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish through the publisher Red River in 2022.[24][25] 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.[26]

Bhat has also been a contributor to publications such as The Brooklyn Rail,[27] The Kenyon Review,[28] Colorado Review,[29] Eclectica Magazine,[30] and The Chakkar.[31] He has also worked as a Spanish to English literary translator for poets Carlos Lopez, Antonio Guzman Gomez, and the Snichimal Vayuchil.[32][33]

Personal life

Bhat is of Kannadiga origin. He has traveled to over 147 countries and held residence in 18 cities.[31][17] He resides in Mumbai, India.[34] He speaks several languages including English, Kannada, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Turkish.[22][23]

Selected bibliography

  • Early Stories (2013)[35]
  • Accepting My Place (2017)[11]
  • Tirugaatha (2019)[36]
  • Autobiografia (2019)[11]
  • We of the forsaken world (2020)[37][38][39]
  • Girar (2021)[20]
  • Speaking in Tongues (2022)[1]

Book contributions

  • Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021 by Many Poets[40]
  • The Best Asian Short Stories 2021 by Zafar Anjum[41]
  • Amity: Peace Poems (2022)[26]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indian literature: Page turners 2022. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kiran Bhat's Book Launch: We of the Forsaken World. Global Atlanta. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. ↑ Author Kiran Bhat and Book: We of the Forsaken World. www.khabar.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  4. ↑ "I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar). KITAAB(16 March 2021). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. ↑ Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat. PRISM international. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  6. ↑ I try to compress our globe into a single narrative fictional space: Author Kiran Bhat, Veena. NRI Pulse(10 January 2020). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  7. ↑ A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Kiran Bhat. Fevers of the Mind(16 August 2021). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  8. ↑ Kiran Bhat Interviewed by Paresh Tiwari – EKL REVIEW. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  9. ↑ NRI writer's travelogue 'Tirugata' released in city. Star of Mysore(22 March 2019). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  10. ↑ Meet Global Citizen and Writer Kiran Bhat, Mellacheruvu, Abhinav. ROOSTERGNN(16 March 2018). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Accepting My Place: The Early Journals{{#if:B|, B}. eBookIt.com(17 November 2017). ISBN 978-1-4566-2928-1
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kiran Bhat. Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  13. ↑ What Rough Beast | Poem for 30 January 2020. Indolent Books(30 January 2020). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  14. ↑ What Rough Beast | Poem for 30 January 2020. Indolent Books(30 January 2020). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  15. ↑ "I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar), Editor_Kitaab. KITAAB(16 March 2021). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  16. ↑ Author Kiran Bhat and Book: We of the Forsaken World. www.khabar.com. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Edinboro Now. www.edinboronow.com. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  18. ↑ WE OF THE FORSAKEN WORLD... | Kirkus Reviews{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
  19. ↑ "'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. Heavy Feather Review(2020-04-23). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat. PRISM international. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  21. ↑ With Girar, author Kiran Bhat is reinventing storytelling and publishing, Veena. NRI Pulse(12 April 2021). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 BOMB Magazine | Writing on the Go: Kiran Bhat Interviewed. BOMB Magazine(2022-12-20). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Lounge Interview: Kiran Bhat (Author, Traveller and Polyglot). KITAAB(2021-11-09). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  24. ↑ Book Review: Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish. Outlookindia({Template:Date).
  25. ↑ Indian literature: Page turners 2022. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 A Poetic Call for Peace. The Wire. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  27. ↑ BrooklynRail.org contributor Kiran-Bhat, Bhat, Kiran. The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  28. ↑ Dancing on the Back of God: A Profile of Kazim Ali, A Poet at His Strongest « Kenyon Review Blog, Bhat, Kiran. The Kenyon Review(16 November 2020). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  29. ↑ The Voice of Sheila Chandra. Center for Literary Publishing. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  30. ↑ A Poet's Journey: a Conversation with Douglas Cole—Interview by Kiran Bhat—Eclectica Magazine 24n4. www.eclectica.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Kiran Bhat. The Chakkar. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  32. ↑ Almendranada - A Poem by Carlos Lopez, Chakraborthy, Biswadip. The Antonym(2021-12-25). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  33. ↑ Vok'el, Unen Tseb, Chal Tijmembele, Lioyote, Ts'unel, Vilan: Candelaria Alvarez, translated by Kiran Bhat - Beltway Poetry Quarterly. www.beltwaypoetry.com. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  34. ↑ Kiran Bhat | The Caravan. caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  35. ↑ Early Stories{{#if:Bhat|, Bhat}. eBookIt.com(20 April 2013). ISBN 978-1-4566-1657-1
  36. ↑ Kiran Bhat. Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  37. ↑ we of the forsaken world... | Iguana Books. www.iguanabooks.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  38. ↑ we, the forsaken world, by Kiran Bhat. Dactyl Review(9 December 2019). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  39. ↑ On the page the novelist-poet questions in Kiran Bhat's seminal work: We of the Forsaken World, George, Abigail. Modern Diplomacy(13 May 2020). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  40. ↑ Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021{{#if:Poets|, Poets}. Amazon Digital Services LLC – KDP Print US(15 June 2021). ISBN 978-81-952401-0-4
  41. ↑ The Best Asian Short Stories 2021{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Kitaab(2021). ISBN 978-981-18-0038-2

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