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| Prakash Kona Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-07-14) July 14, 1967 (age 57) Hyderabad, India |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi University of Hyderabad Osmania University |
| Genre | Marxism, a history of Anarchism, Avant-garde poetry, Third World Resistance writing, polemical cinema |
| Notable works | Conjurer of nights |
| Website | |
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Prakash Kona Reddy (born 1967) is an Indian novelist, essayist, poet and theorist who lives in Hyderabad, India. He was a professor of English literature at The English and Foreign Languages University (Hyderabad campus).
He writes in English, and is the author of the many books to date.
Bibliography
- Conjurer of Nights
- How I Invented Myself as "Prakash Kona"
- Nunc Stans
- Words on Lips of a Stranger
- Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace
- Literary Criticism: A Study of Pluralism (Wittgenstein, Chomsky and Derrida)
- Streets that Smell of Dying Roses
- Poems for Her (as Kona Prakash Reddy)*
- You and Other Poems (as Kona Prakash Reddy)*
Other works, including essays and fictional vignettes, are published widely on the Internet.
In August 2010 Kona contributed to an eBook collection of political poems entitled Emergency Verse - Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State edited by Alan Morrison.
Themes
His fiction is highly unusual, an experimental combination of free-floating emotion and political theory that can depict, for example, a city or a love relationship in an ambiguous, flowing, non-concrete and yet highly personal and heartfelt manner.
References
- Kona, Prakash (2012). Conjurer of Nights. Waterloo Press. p. 43. ISBN 9781906742515. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Kona, Prakash. How I Invented Myself as "Prakash Kona". Amarajita Sahita Prakashana. p. 143. ISBN 9788190428989. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Kona, Prakash (2005). Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace. Fugue State Press. p. 160. ISBN 9781879193147. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- k, Prakash (2003). Streets that Smell of Dying Roses. Fugue State Press. p. 246. ISBN 9781879193109. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Kona, Prakash. "Some Issues With #BlackLivesMatter". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Kona, Prakash. "What India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi And Members Of Opposition Should Read". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- http://www.therecusant.org.uk The Recusant eZine