Sujata Bhatt facts for kids
Sujata Bhatt (born May 6, 1956) is a famous Indian poet. She is known for her poems that make you feel things and explore different cultures. Her writing often looks at who we are, how we use language, and the interesting parts of different cultures. Sujata Bhatt was born in India and has traveled a lot. These experiences have really shaped her poems.
About Sujata Bhatt's Life
Sujata Bhatt was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. She grew up in Pune until 1968. Then, her family moved to the United States. She studied at the University of Iowa and earned a special degree called an MFA. For a while, she was a "writer-in-residence" at the University of Victoria in Canada. This means she was a writer who lived and worked at the university, often teaching or sharing her skills.
Sujata Bhatt has won several awards for her poetry. In 1987, her first book, Brunizem, won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (for Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize. She also received a Cholmondeley Award in 1991 and the Italian Tratti Poetry Prize in 2000.
She has also translated poems from the Gujarati language into English. These translations were for a book called Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets. Sujata Bhatt often mixes Gujarati and English in her own poems. This makes her poetry feel very Indian, rather than just English. A poet named Michael Schmidt (poet) once said that her poems are "fast-moving" and "softly spoken." Sujata Bhatt now lives in Bremen, Germany, with her husband, Michael Augustin, who is also a writer, and their daughter.
Her Poetry Books
Sujata Bhatt has written many collections of poems. Here are some of her well-known books:
- 1988 Brunizem Carcanet Press
- 1989 The One Who Goes Away Carcanet Press
- 1991 Monkey Shadows Carcanet Press
- 1995 The Stinking Rose Carcanet Press
- 1997 Point No Point Carcanet Press
- 2000 Augatora Carcanet Press
- 2002 The Colour of Solitude (Second edition) Carcanet Press
- 2008 Pure Lizard Carcanet Press
