Nissim Ezekiel, Poet & Father - Mendonca, Kavita Ezekiel
53,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
payback
27 °P sammeln
  • Gebundenes Buch

How does one write about a father who is an iconic figure in Indian poetry, a mentor to the next generation. Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca treads this complex ground with wisdom and sophistication as she creates a commemorative volume for Nissim Ezekiel's hundredth birth anniversary in 2024. Blending her personal narrative with the public fame of her father, Kavita presents a collection of memoirs, tributes, interviews, and poetry - interspersed with photographs - that brilliantly offers archival material as well as a deeply moving story of genius and vulnerability. Contributors include by Adil…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
How does one write about a father who is an iconic figure in Indian poetry, a mentor to the next generation. Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca treads this complex ground with wisdom and sophistication as she creates a commemorative volume for Nissim Ezekiel's hundredth birth anniversary in 2024. Blending her personal narrative with the public fame of her father, Kavita presents a collection of memoirs, tributes, interviews, and poetry - interspersed with photographs - that brilliantly offers archival material as well as a deeply moving story of genius and vulnerability. Contributors include by Adil Jussawalla, Alan Mendonca, Elkana Ezekiel, Fiona Fernandez, Gayatri Mazumdar, Gieve Patel, Jeet Thayil, Kamal Balsara-Bacha, Menka Shivdasani, Mohana Rao, Saleem Peeradina, Shalva Weil, Shanta Acharya, Sudeep Sen, Sujatha Mathai.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Autorenporträt
In a career spanning more than four decades, Kavita has taught English in Indian colleges, AP English in an International school in India, and French and Spanish in private schools in Canada. She holds a Master's Degree in English and American Literature (University of Bombay), and a Master's Degree in Education (Oxford Brookes). Her poems appear in several anthologies and journals, and in two collections of poetry - Family Sunday and Other Poems and Light of The Sabbath. Kavita is the daughter of the late poet Nissim Ezekiel. INITA AGRAWAL'S latest collection of poems Twilight Language won the Proverse Prize Hongkong 2021, the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2018, and the Gayatri GaMarsh Memorial Award for Literary Excellence, USA, 2015. The author of five books of poetry, her work was shortlisted for the inaugural Deepankar Khiwani Memorial Prize 2021 and received a special mention in the Hawkers Prize 2019.