Indran Amirthanayagam

Poet

Rockville, MD

Maryland US

Email:

indranmx@gmail.com

Twitter/X:

@indranmx

RSS feed:

indranamirthanayagam.blogspot.com

Author's Bio

Indran Amirthanayagam has published twenty four books of poetry. His latest is The Runner's Almanac (Spuyten Duyvil, 2024). Seer is forthcoming from Hanging Loose Press.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems (Hanging Loose Press, 2007)

Ceylon R.I.P. (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2001)

El Infierno de Los Pajaros (Editorial Resistencia, 2001)

Four Way Reader (Four Way Books, 1996)

United States of Poetry (Abrams, 1996)

The Elephants of Reckoning (Hanging Loose Press, 1993)

Prizes won:

The Paterson Poetry Prize

Foundation for the Arts fellowship

New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship

U.S/Mexico Fund for Culture fellowship

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Indian American, Spanish American

Prefers to work with:

Any, Teachers, Teenagers

Fluent in:

English, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish

Born in:

Colombo

Sri Lanka

Raised in:

Colombo, London, Honolulu, HI

Hawaii

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Last update: Aug 15, 2024