Kiran Bhat Explained

Kiran Bhat
Birth Date:21 April 1990
Birth Place:Jonesboro, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality:Indian-American
Alma Mater:New York University
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 2013 Bhat published his first book, titled Early Stories, which is a collection of stories written during his college years and subsequent time period he spent traveling.[11]

In 2017 Bhat published Accepting My Place, a collection of nonfiction journals written between 2011 and 2014.[12]

In 2019 he published a Kannada-language travelogue titled Tirugaatha.[13] Other books he released during this year include the poetry collection Autobiografia[2] and the Mandarin-language poetry collection Kiran Speaks.[13] [14]

In 2020 Bhat published a Portuguese story collection titled Afora, Adentro[15] and his novel We of the forsaken world...[16] [17] [18]   The latter was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.[19] It is a short story cycle involving sixteen narratives based in four imagined places replicating the industrialising parts of our world.[20]

In 2021 Bhat announced that he was working on a new novel, titled Girar.[21] [22] Girar is released as a digital novel in monthly installments, with each story set in another country of the world.[23] [24]

Bhat published the poetry collection Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish through the publisher Red River in 2022.[25] [26] 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.[27]

Bhat has also been a contributor to publications such as The Brooklyn Rail,[28] The Kenyon Review,[29] Colorado Review,[30] Eclectica Magazine,[31] and The Chakkar.[32] He has also worked as a Spanish to English literary translator for poets Carlos Lopez, Antonio Guzman Gomez, and the Snichimal Vayuchil.[33] [34]

Personal life

Bhat is of Kannadiga origin. He has traveled to over 147 countries and held residence in 18 cities. He resides in Mumbai, India.[35] He speaks several languages including English, Kannada, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Turkish.

Selected bibliography

Book contributions

Notes and References

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

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