Aditya Shankar
Aditya Shankar is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated Indian poet, flash fiction author and translator. His poems have appeared in journals from 25 or more nations, and translated into Arabic and Malayalam. His latest poetry collection XXL (2018) was shortlisted for the Yuva Sahitya Puraskar by Sahitya Akademi. His other poetry collections include After Seeing (2006), and Party Poopers (2014). He edited Tiny Judges Shall Arrive (AHRC, Hong Kong and Dhauli, India), a selection of KG Sankara Pillai's poems translated into English. His short films have participated in International Film Festivals and nominated for awards. His poetry is also widely antholigized and part of notable collections such as Singing in the Dark (Penguin Random House), Yearbook of Indian Poetry (Hawakal publishers) and so on. His translation project for Modern Literature magazine, Malayalam Poetry in Translation, is forthcoming as a collection from Dhauli Books. He lives in Bangalore, India.
