K Satchidanandan

K. Satchidanandan is perhaps the most translated of contemporary Indian poets, having 31 collections of translation in 21 languages including Chinese, English, Irish, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Italian besides all the major Indian languages including 13 collections in Hindi. His eleven books in English translation include While I Write: New and Selected Poems (Harper-Collins, 2011), Misplaced Objects and Other Poems (Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 2013), The Missing Rib (2016) and Not Only the Oceans (2018) (Poetrywala, Bombay),Letters to the Dead ( Coppercoin, Delhi2021) and The River beneath the River.( Red River Press, Delhi,2024) His collected poems in the Malayalam original (1965-2015) in one volume (DC Books) and collected translations of poetry in four volumes (Mathrubhumi Books) came out in 2016. His collected works – poems, stories, plays, children’s verses, travelogues and essays, are being brought out in thirty volumes by Mathrubhumi Books. He has also edited 40 volumes of poetry and essays in Malayalam, English and Hindi.

Satchidanandan writes poetry in Malayalam, the Indian language of Kerala, and prose in both Malayalam and English and has 32 collections of poetry besides 13 selections and chronological collections, 6 books of travel, 3 books for children, two full-length plays and four one-act plays, and 23 collections of critical essays including six books in English on Indian literature besides 9 plays and 27 collections of poetry in translation. He has represented India in many Literary Festivals and Book Fairs across the world from London, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Sarajevo, Moscow, Montreal, Madrid, Soria, Segovia, Celje, Velenje New York, Washington, and Rotterdam to Beijing, Shanghai, Damascus, Dubai, Delhi, Bombay, Jaipur, Goa, Madras, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Lahore, Katmandu, Medellin, Caracas, Lima, and Havana.