POETRY MANIFESTO (New & Selected Poems)
A collection of poems in English by
Vihang A. Naik
First Published : April , 2010
Pages:119. Price : Rs.135. US$ : 3.75
INDIALOG PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD
Vihang A Naik was born in Surat, Gujarat on September 2, 1969. India’s contemporary poet writing in English who is widely published and anthologized is now with POETRY MANIFESTO (New & Selected Poems) published by Indialog Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi - April , 2010 .
His reviews :
‘One of the pleasures gained by reading Vihang Naik’s poetry is the awareness that every poem, both singly and when placed together as a body of work , demonstrates a belief in the possibilities language might have to truthfully and energetically communicate the writing experience’ - The Journal of Poetry Society (India).
‘Naik maps out the way in which a poem instills life into words’ - Indian Literature : A Sahitya Akademi's Bi Monthly Journal, New Delhi, India .
About City Times & Other Poems: ‘the [Vihang A. Naik] poet has something up his sleeve to say beyond the appearances’ - Indian Book Chronicle.
City Times & Other Poems , which appeared in 1993 , was Vihang A. Naik’s first collection; his Making A Poem was published in 2004 by Allied Publishers, Mumbai after his Gujarat collection of poetry, Jeevangeet, which appeared in 2001 . This definitive edition, testimony to his prodigious output so far and astonishing breath of vision, brings together from over 1993 to 2009 of Vihang A. Naik’s work and also includes a whole new section of new poems.
The poems in this collection are vintage Vihang A. Naik poems: intuitive, thoughtful, philosophical and creative pieces where the poet displays a mature, confident command, with a fine balance of emotional intensity, irony, ranging across themes and places with experimentation.
Visit the poet's website at http://www.vihang.ind.in/
A collection of poems in English by
Vihang A. Naik
First Published : April , 2010
Pages:119. Price : Rs.135. US$ : 3.75
INDIALOG PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD
Vihang A Naik was born in Surat, Gujarat on September 2, 1969. India’s contemporary poet writing in English who is widely published and anthologized is now with POETRY MANIFESTO (New & Selected Poems) published by Indialog Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi - April , 2010 .
His reviews :
‘One of the pleasures gained by reading Vihang Naik’s poetry is the awareness that every poem, both singly and when placed together as a body of work , demonstrates a belief in the possibilities language might have to truthfully and energetically communicate the writing experience’ - The Journal of Poetry Society (India).
‘Naik maps out the way in which a poem instills life into words’ - Indian Literature : A Sahitya Akademi's Bi Monthly Journal, New Delhi, India .
About City Times & Other Poems: ‘the [Vihang A. Naik] poet has something up his sleeve to say beyond the appearances’ - Indian Book Chronicle.
City Times & Other Poems , which appeared in 1993 , was Vihang A. Naik’s first collection; his Making A Poem was published in 2004 by Allied Publishers, Mumbai after his Gujarat collection of poetry, Jeevangeet, which appeared in 2001 . This definitive edition, testimony to his prodigious output so far and astonishing breath of vision, brings together from over 1993 to 2009 of Vihang A. Naik’s work and also includes a whole new section of new poems.
The poems in this collection are vintage Vihang A. Naik poems: intuitive, thoughtful, philosophical and creative pieces where the poet displays a mature, confident command, with a fine balance of emotional intensity, irony, ranging across themes and places with experimentation.
Visit the poet's website at http://www.vihang.ind.in/