Bibhu Padhi
Poet from Odisha, India (born 1951)
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Bibhu Padhi (born Bibhu Prasad Padhi; 16 January 1951), is an Indian poet. He writes in English and Odia, and is also a translator and literary critic. He has authored 17 volumes of poetry in English, 5 volumes of poetry in Odia, and a novel in English. He has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Bibhu Padhi | |
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Bibhu Padhi at his home in Bhubaneswar in 2020 | |
| Born | 16 January 1951 Cuttack, Odisha, India. |
| Alma mater | Ravenshaw College, Cuttack |
| Occupations | Poet and teacher |
| Known for | Poetry and translation |
His poems have appeared in distinguished magazines throughout the English-speaking world, including The London Magazine, Times Literary Supplement, Contemporary Review, The Poetry Review, The Rialto, Stand, Encounter, Poetry, Poet Lore, The New Criterion, Rosebud, The American Scholar, Commonweal, The Manhattan Review, Southwest Review, TriQuarterly, The Antigonish Review, Queen’s Quarterly, and The Toronto Review. They have also been included in numerous anthologies and textbooks, such as The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets, Language for a New Century (Norton), Journeys (HarperCollins), 60 Indian Poets (Penguin) and The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry.
Childhood, Education and Family
Padhi was born to Nilachal Padhi and Padmabati Padhi on 16 January 1951 in Cuttack, Odisha.[1] He studied at Ravenshaw Collegiate School and Ranihat High School, Cuttack, then joined Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (now Ravenshaw University), for a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1969 and Master of Arts in English literature in 1971. He received a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from Utkal University in 1991 in English literature.[2] He is married to Minakshi Padhi, a writer and academic.[3] They have two sons, Buddhaditya and Siladitya.
Career
Padhi served on the faculty of several colleges in Odisha, including Regional College of Education (now Regional Institute of Education), Ravenshaw College and BJB College, where he taught English Literature. He was also a Counsellor in Creative Writing for the Odisha branch of Indira Gandhi National Open University from 1986 to 1990.[4] In his doctoral thesis, he critically examined the writing of D.H.Lawrence, which culminated in the book D.H. Lawrence: Modes of Fictional Style.
Selected Poems (from Magazines)
Poetry Readings (Video Recordings)
Conversations with Padhi
On Padhi's Poetry
Bibliography
Poetry
- Going to the Temple (New Delhi: Indus, 1988; rpt. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2008)[5]
- A Wound Elsewhere (New Delhi: Rupa, 1992)[6]
- Lines from A Legend (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 1993)[7]
- Painting the House (Hyderabad, India: Orient Longman, 1999)[8]
- Games the Heart Must Play: a trilogy in of love poems (Bhubaneshwar,: Pen & Ink, 2003)[9]
- Choosing A Place (New Delhi: Gnosis/Authorspress, 2011)[10]
- Migratory Days (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2011)[11]
- Brief Seasons: 60 love songs, (Bhubaneswar, Timepass, 2013)[12]
- Magic Ritual (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014)[13]
- Midnight Diary (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2015) [14]
- Sea Dreams (New Delhi Authorspress, 2017)
- Small Wants: Selected Poems (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018)
- All That Was and Is: Poems Inspired by Upanishads (New Delhi: HarperCollins, 2019)[15]
- A History of Things (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2020)
- Going Easy (New Delhi: Signorina Publications, 2020)[16]
- A Friendship with Time (Kolkata: Hornbill Press, 2021) [17]
- Principles of Sleep (New Delhi: Red River, 2021)[18]
Chapbook
- Living with Lorenzo: Poems on D H Lawrence (Cuttack: Peacock Books, 2003)[19]
Novel
- Absences (New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014)[20]
Other works
- D H Lawrence: Modes of Fictional Style (Albany, NY: Whitston, 1989)[21]
- Indian Philosophy and Religion: A Reader’s Guide (Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland, 1990; rpt. New Delhi: D K Printworld, 1999; 2nd rpt. DK Printworld, 2004)[22] [with Minakshi Padhi]
- D H Lawrence: New Essays from India (New Delhi: Atlantic, forthcoming)
Translations
- A Morning of Rains and Other Poems: Selected Poems of Sitakant Mahapatra[23] (New Delhi: Vikas, 1990) [Mahapatra is a recipient of India’s highest literary award, the "Bharatiya Gyanapith"].
- Memories, Legends, and the Goddess: Selected Poems of Bibek Jena, (Bhubaneswar, 2013)[24]
- Parallel Speech: An Anthology of Fifteen Younger Contemporary Oriya Poets[25] (New Delhi: Authorspress)