The Violet Sun
Editor: Inam Hussain Begg Mullick
Pages: 80
Year of Publication: 2024
Price: ₹350
ISBN:
978-81-968192-6-2 (978-81-96819262)
About the Editor
Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning poet, editor and polymath from Kolkata. His most recent publication is The Magical Life of Inamorato (Writers Workshop, India). An avant-gardist, he has authored three books of poems and coedited three anthologies of poetry. For many years, he wrote in The Statesman. He is the Director-Founder-Editor, The Kolkata Arts, and a strong supporter of the Free Palestine movement.
Teaser
In his editor’s note, Inam writes:
“The Violet Sun is a tribute to the power of poetry and the poetic mind. Indian English poetry has a rich tradition, and this anthology is an addition to it, showcasing exquisitely crafted poems of the 21st century by an array of Indian writers.
I personally believe that great poetry may come at any age. From Keats to Eliot to the present day, some of their finest verses were written by poets in their teens and twenties. Therefore, this anthology cuts across age groups and presents poems written by veterans, stalwarts and young voices alike—the only condition for their inclusion is that they are worthy poems.”
Here is an excerpt from a review of the book:
“When I chanced upon the recently published anthology of Indian English Poetry, The Violet Sun, what first struck me was the care with which it had been curated and crafted. Like any publication by the Writers Workshop, this volume was bound in exquisite Indian handloom sari cloth and had the title regally embossed in gold. In times where poetry is often relegated to the back burners of publication, it felt encouraging to see the amount of effort that had gone into bringing this beautiful book into existence. (sic)”
You can read the rest of the review in The Statesman and Neera Kashyap’s review in Different Truths.
Contents
47 poems from 23 authors
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