Kiran Bhat

Kiran Bhat
Born	(1990-04-21) April 21, 1990 (age 34) Jonesboro, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality	Indian-American
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation(s)	novelist, poet, short-story writer
Years active	2013-present
Known for	Poetry collections  Autobiografia, Speaking in Tongues (2022) and the novel We of the Forsaken World (2020)
Website	kiranbhatweldgeist.com

Kiran Bhat (born 21 April 1990) is an Indian–American novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator, who has written the poetry collections  Autobiografia, Speaking in Tongues (2022),^[1] and the novel We of the Forsaken World (2020).^[2][3][4]

Early life

Bhat was born to doctors Anu and Subra Bhat and raised in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States.^[5][6] He began writing at the age of 17.^[7][8] Bhat graduated from New York University.^[9] He spent time studying abroad in Spain from 2010 to 2011.^[10]

Career

In 2013 Bhat published his first book, titled Early Stories, which is a collection of stories written during his college years and subsequent time period he spent traveling.^[11]

In 2017 Bhat published Accepting My Place, a collection of nonfiction journals written between 2011 and 2014.^[12]

In 2019 he published a Kannada-language travelogue titled Tirugaatha.^[13] Other books he released during this year include the poetry collection Autobiografia^[2] and the Mandarin-language poetry collection Kiran Speaks.^[13][14]

In 2020 Bhat published a Portuguese story collection titled Afora, Adentro^[15] and his novel We of the forsaken world...^[16][17][18]  The latter was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.^[19] It is a short story cycle involving sixteen narratives based in four imagined places replicating the industrialising parts of our world.^[20]

In 2021 Bhat announced that he was working on a new novel, titled Girar.^[21][22] Girar is released as a digital novel in monthly installments, with each story set in another country of the world.^[23][24]

Bhat published the poetry collection Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish through the publisher Red River in 2022.^[25][26] Bhat also contributed the poem "A Reporter Asked" to the poetry anthology Amity: Peace Poems, which was edited by Sahana Ahmed and published in December 2022.^[27]

Bhat has also been a contributor to publications such as The Brooklyn Rail,^[28] The Kenyon Review,^[29] Colorado Review,^[30] Eclectica Magazine,^[31] and The Chakkar.^[32] He has also worked as a Spanish to English literary translator for poets Carlos Lopez, Antonio Guzman Gomez, and the Snichimal Vayuchil.^[33][34]

Personal life

Bhat is of Kannadiga origin. He has traveled to over 147 countries and held residence in 18 cities.^[32][18] He resides in Mumbai, India.^[35] He speaks several languages including English, Kannada, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Turkish.^[23][24]

Selected bibliography

• Early Stories (2013)^[36]
• Accepting My Place (2017)^[12]
• Tirugaatha (2019)^[37]
• Autobiografia (2019)^[12]
• We of the forsaken world (2020)^[38][39][40]
• Girar (2021)^[21]
• Speaking in Tongues (2022)^[1]

Book contributions

• Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021 by Many Poets^[41]
• The Best Asian Short Stories 2021 by Zafar Anjum^[42]
• Amity: Peace Poems (2022)^[27]

References

1. "Indian literature: Page turners 2022". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
2. "Kiran Bhat's Book Launch: We of the Forsaken World". Global Atlanta. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
3. "Author Kiran Bhat and Book: We of the Forsaken World". www.khabar.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
4. ""I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar)". KITAAB. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
5. "Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat". PRISM international. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
6. Veena (10 January 2020). "I try to compress our globe into a single narrative fictional space: Author Kiran Bhat". NRI Pulse. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
7. "A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Kiran Bhat". Fevers of the Mind. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
8. "Kiran Bhat Interviewed by Paresh Tiwari – EKL REVIEW". Retrieved 5 February 2023.
9. "NRI writer's travelogue 'Tirugata' released in city". Star of Mysore. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
10. Mellacheruvu, Abhinav (16 March 2018). "Meet Global Citizen and Writer Kiran Bhat". ROOSTERGNN. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
11. Early Stories. eBookIt.com. 20 April 2013. ISBN 978-1-4566-1657-1.
12. B, K. (17 November 2017). Accepting My Place: The Early Journals. eBookIt.com. ISBN 978-1-4566-2928-1.
13. "Kiran Bhat". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
14. "What Rough Beast | Poem for 30 January 2020". Indolent Books. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
15. "What Rough Beast | Poem for 30 January 2020". Indolent Books. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
16. Editor_Kitaab (16 March 2021). ""I like the idea of channeling the sorts of stories that humans like to come back to..."- Kiran Bhat (Author, Girar)". KITAAB. Retrieved 6 February 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
17. "Author Kiran Bhat and Book: We of the Forsaken World". www.khabar.com. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
18. "Edinboro Now". www.edinboronow.com. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
19. WE OF THE FORSAKEN WORLD... | Kirkus Reviews.
20. ""'The Will to Survive Is a Force That Never Discriminates': Literature and Global Environmental Refugees and Other 'Forsaken' Peoples" by Cristina Deptula for Bad Survivalist". Heavy Feather Review. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
21. "Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat". PRISM international. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
22. Veena (12 April 2021). "With Girar, author Kiran Bhat is reinventing storytelling and publishing". NRI Pulse. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
23. "BOMB Magazine | Writing on the Go: Kiran Bhat Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
24. "Lounge Interview: Kiran Bhat (Author, Traveller and Polyglot)". KITAAB. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
25. "Book Review: Speaking in Tongues: Poems in Spanish, Mandarin, and Turkish". Outlookindia. 12 November 2022.
26. "Indian literature: Page turners 2022". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
27. "A Poetic Call for Peace". The Wire. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
28. Bhat, Kiran. "BrooklynRail.org contributor Kiran-Bhat". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
29. Bhat, Kiran (16 November 2020). "Dancing on the Back of God: A Profile of Kazim Ali, A Poet at His Strongest « Kenyon Review Blog". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
30. "The Voice of Sheila Chandra". Center for Literary Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
31. "A Poet's Journey: a Conversation with Douglas Cole—Interview by Kiran Bhat—Eclectica Magazine 24n4". www.eclectica.org. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
32. "Kiran Bhat". The Chakkar. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
33. Chakraborthy, Biswadip (25 December 2021). "Almendranada - A Poem by Carlos Lopez". The Antonym. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
34. "Vok'el, Unen Tseb, Chal Tijmembele, Lioyote, Ts'unel, Vilan: Candelaria Alvarez, translated by Kiran Bhat - Beltway Poetry Quarterly". www.beltwaypoetry.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
35. "Kiran Bhat | The Caravan". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
36. Bhat, Kiran (20 April 2013). Early Stories. eBookIt.com. ISBN 978-1-4566-1657-1.
37. "Kiran Bhat". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
38. "we of the forsaken world... | Iguana Books". www.iguanabooks.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
39. "we, the forsaken world, by Kiran Bhat". Dactyl Review. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
40. George, Abigail (13 May 2020). "On the page the novelist-poet questions in Kiran Bhat's seminal work: We of the Forsaken World". Modern Diplomacy. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
41. Poets, Many (15 June 2021). Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English: 2020–2021. Amazon Digital Services LLC – KDP Print US. ISBN 978-81-952401-0-4.
42. Anjum, Zafar; Vethamani, Malachi Edwin (2021). The Best Asian Short Stories 2021. Kitaab. ISBN 978-981-18-0038-2.