Organisations (India)
Below, we have listed various interesting Indian poetry organisations.
Institutes
Sahitya Akademi
Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road| New Delhi | 110 001
Phone (91 11) 2338 6626/ 27/ 28/ 29/ 2338 7386/ 2338 6088| Fax (91 11) 2338 2428
| Sahitya Akademi
Established in 1954 by the Government of India, this National Academy of letters is an organisation committed to promoting Indian literature in all its linguistic and creative diversity through varied means: publications (books, journals, monographs and encyclopaedias), projects, literary activities (national and regional seminars, workshops, readings, lectures, travel grants to authors, cultural exchange programmes), awards and fellowships, and extensive library facilities.
Secretary: K. Satchidanandan
The Poetry Society (India)
L-67A, Malviya Nagar | New Delhi | 110 017
The Poetry Society
Established in July 1984, The Poetry Society (India) was set up to promote Indian poetry and look after the interests of Indian poets, which it achieves by promoting translations, publishing a poetry journal and several anthologies, organising seminars, readings, workshops, lectures, awarding grants and prizes and conducting a well-known annual poetry competition.
Secretary-General: Mr H.K Kaul
Study Centre for Indian Literature in English Translation (SCILET)
American College | Madurai | 625 002
Phone (91- 452) 2533 609 | Fax (91 – 452) 2531 056
| SCILET
A centre with one of the largest databases in Asia for Indian literature in English, it has 8000-odd books by Indian and South Asian authors.
Director: Paul Love
National Institute for Research in Indian English Literature (NIRIEL)
NIRIEL, 4-29, Jayanagar | Gulbarga | 585 105
Phone (91 8472) 2445 482
This centre offers a considerable library of primary and secondary sources to facilitate research in Indian English literary studies.
Director: Dr G.S Balarama Gupta
Magazines
Biblio: A Review of Books# 4087, Sector D4, Vasant Kunj | New Delhi | 110 070
Phone (91 11) 2613 1506/ 2689 2429
| Biblio
Established in 1995, this leading Indian bimonthly is devoted to ‘raising the awareness of literature, arts and ideas by creating an international forum for debate and discussion beyond partisan limits and national boundaries’ and offers a mix of reviews, essays and articles.
Editor: Dileep Padgaonkar
Chandrabhaga: A Magazine of Indian Writing
Tinkonia Bagicha, Cuttack | 735 001 | Orissa
An important poetry biannual edited by a noted Indian English poet, this offers poetry, essays and review articles.
Editor: Jayanta Mahapatra
Civil Lines
D-28, Oxford Apartments, 11, IP Extension | Delhi | 110 092
A literary journal that prides itself on its erratic periodicity, this features new writing from India.
Editors: Kai Friese and Mukul Kesavan
Indian Literature
Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road | New Delhi | 110 001
Phone (91 11) 2338 6626/ 27/ 28/ 29/ 2338 7386/ 2338 6088| Fax (91 11) 2338 2428
Indian Literature
Established in 1957, this English bi-monthly published by the Sahitya Akademi (India’s national literary academy) seeks to make available to English readers at home and abroad the best of creative and critical writing from the major and minor literatures of India in English translation, alongside original writing in English.
Editor: Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee
International Gallerie
208, Om Chambers, Kemps Corner | Mumbai | 400 036
Phone (91 22) 2364 9494/ 2367 3366| Fax (91 22) 2363 3928
| International Gallerie
Launched in 1997, this biannual literary and arts magazine is characterised by sophisticated production values.
Editor: Bina Sarkar Ellias
Study Centre for Indian Literature in English Translation (SCILET), American College, Post Box 63 | Madurai | 625 002
Phone (91 - 452) 2533 609| Fax (91 – 452) 2531 056
SCILET
A poetry journal from southern India, this twice-yearly publication welcomes contributions of poetry in English, review articles, essays on poetry or particular poets, well-recorded interviews with poets, and translations of poetry from Indian languages into English by resident and non-resident Indians and from citizens of other countries who have developed a past or current first-hand interest in India.
Editor and Publisher: R.P Nair
The Journal of Indian Writing in English: A Biannual of Creative and Critical Writing in English
4-29, Jayanagar | Gulbarga | 585 105
Phone (91 – 8472) 2445 482
This biannual journal, now in its 32nd year, is associated with the National Institute for Research in Indian English Literature (NIRIEL) and is devoted to the publication of essays, reviews and poems that reflect the variety of Indian literature in English.
Editor and Publisher: G.S. Balarama Gupta
The Journal of the Poetry Society (India)
L-67 A, Malviya Nagar | New Delhi | 110 017
The Journal of the Poetry Society
A half-yearly journal produced by The Poetry Society (India), this publication focuses on Indian poetry in English and in English translation, and also welcomes translations, reviews, review articles and essays on Indian poetry.
Editor: H.K. Kaul
The Little Magazine
A-708 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar 1 | Delhi | 110 091
Phone/Fax (91 11) 2275 2375
| The Little Magazine
A lively influential bimonthly print magazine devoted to essays, fiction, poetry, art and criticism in South Asian languages, addressed to readers who ‘are sensitive and are looking for something more than what mainstream publishing can offer them’.
Editor: Antara Dev Sen
Publisher: Pratik Kanjilal
Publishers
Allied Publishers15, J.N. Heredia Road, Ballard Estate | Mumbai | 400 001
Phone (91 22) 2261 7926/ 27| Fax (91 22) 2261 7928
DC Books
DC Kizhakemuri Edam, Good Shepherd Street | Kottayam 686 001 | Kerala
www.dcbooks.com
www.dcbookstore.com
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HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt Ltd
Post Box No 7041 | 7/16 Ansari Road, Daryaganj | New Delhi | 110 002
Phone (91 11) 2326 8185/ 2326 2161 | Fax (91 11) 2327 7294
Indialog Publications Pvt Ltd
O-22, Lajpat Nagar II | New Delhi | 110 024
Phone (91 11) 2983 9936/ 2983 0504 | Fax (91 11) 2983 5221
www.indialog.co.in
www.onepageclassic.com
Oxford University Press
2/11, Ansari Road | Daryaganj, Post Box 7035 | New Delhi | 110 002
Penguin Books India
12, Community Centre | Panchsheel Park | New Delhi | 110 017
Phone (91 11) 2649 4401/ 2649 4406 | Fax (91 11) 2649 4403
Ravi Dayal Publisher
51 E Sujan Singh Park | New Delhi | 110 003
Phone (91 11) 2462 0850
Rupa & Co.
7/16, Makhanlal Ansari Road, Daryaganj | Post Box: 7071 | New Delhi | 110 002
Seagull Books
26, Circus Avenue | Kolkata | 700 017
2nd floor, 98 Park Street | Kolkata | 700 017
The Brown Critique
Writers Workshop
162/ 92 Lake Gardens | Kolkata | 700 045
Phone (91 33) 2417 4325/ 2417 2683 | Fax (91 33) 2417 2683
Yeti Books
Post Box No.15, Calicut University PO | Kerala | 673 635
www.yetibooks.com
