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Abhay K. is the author of a dozen poetry books, including, Celestial, Stray Poems, Monsoon, The Magic of Madagascar and The Alphabets of Latin America, and is the editor of The Book of Bihari Literature, The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems, Capitals, New Brazilian Poems and The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems. His poems have appeared in over a hundred literary magazines, including Poetry
Salzburg Review and Asia Literary Review.
His ‘Earth Anthem’ has been translated into over 150 languages. He received the SAARC Literary Award (2013) and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., in 2018. His translations of Kalidasa’s
Meghaduta and Ritusamhara from Sanskrit won him the KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award (2020–21). His translation of the first Magahi novel Fool Bahadur has been widely acclaimed. His book Nalanda: How it Changed the World published by Penguin Random House is a national bestseller.
Abhay's paintings on the Buddhist philosophy of 'Sunyata' have been exhibited at Bihar Museum, Patna, and the National Museum, New Delhi. Abhay K. can be reached at
www.abhayk.com.