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Indian poet and essayist

Urvashi Bahuguna
BornCuttack, India
Occupation
  • Poet
  • essayist
NationalityIndian
EducationUniversity of East Anglia (MA)
Website
Official website

Urvashi Bahuguna is an Indian poet and essayist.

Life and career

Born in Cuttack, Bahuguna grew up in Goa, and moved to Delhi during her high school years. She attended Delhi University for her undergraduate degree, and graduated from the University of East Anglia with a master's degree in creative writing (poetry) in 2014. As of 2017 she lived in Delhi.

In 2017 she was awarded the Emerging Poet's Prize by the (Great) Indian Poetry Collective for her debut collection of poems, Terrarium. She was selected for the award by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. The collection was described by the HuffPost as "the poetry of our planet terrestrial, atmospheric, oceanic", and a review by The Hindu said that Bahuguna's poetry "will draw your attention to our fragile planet, making you fall in love with it". She has also received the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, a Sangam House fellowship, an Eclectica Spotlight Author Prize, and a TOTO Award for Creative Writing.

In 2021 she published a collection of essays titled No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health. The Hindu said that the collection "comforts, confronts and challenges" readers. In 2022, her poetry was included in The Penguin Book of Indian Poets, edited by Jeet Thayil; she is one of the youngest writers included in the anthology.

Selected works

  • Terrarium (The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, 2019)
  • No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health (Penguin Random House, 2021)

References

  1. Thayil, Jeet, ed. (2022). The Penguin Book Of Indian Poets. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789354925108. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. Sharma, Manik (24 February 2019). "Urvashi Bahuguna on her poetry collection Terrarium, growing up in Goa, finding her way back to writing". Firstpost. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. ^ Alexander, Samantha (December 2017). "Urvashi Bahuguna wins Emerging Poet's Prize". New Writing. UEA Publishing Project. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. Goyal, Sana (4 March 2019). "Poet Urvashi Bahuguna On Her Debut 'Terrarium' and Its Inspirations". HuffPost India. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. Srilata, K. (30 March 2019). "'Terrarium' by Urvashi Bahuguna: Beauteous earth, our home". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. Sur, Sanchari (December 2021). "On Creating a Writing Life While Negotiating Mental Illness: An Interview with Urvashi Bahuguna". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. Zutshi, Vikram (29 April 2021). "Urvashi Bahuguna's Latest Book on Mental Health Offers Hope for Turbulent Minds". The Wire. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  8. Pragati, K.B (9 October 2021). "'No Straight Thing was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health' review: Giving a chance to hope". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. Gupta, Uttaran Das (15 May 2022). "Verse Affairs: The Big Fat Book of Indian (English) Poetry". The Wire. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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