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