World Poems- Poet: Ananya S. Guha

Poet

Ananya S. Guha

Poet

Biography:

"Ananya. S. Guha lives in Shillong, a town in North East India nestled among hills and pine trees. After completing his post graduate degree in English Literature from North Eastern Hill University he taught the subject for almost twelve years; in St. Edmund’s College Shillong his alma mater. In the meantime he obtained his doctoral degree from North Eastern Hill University on Modern Fiction. He joined the Indira Gandhi National Open University as Assistant Regional Director and is currently the Regional Director of its Shillong Regional Centre.

He has four collections of poetry and his poems have been published in numerous magazines, journals and anthologies in India; and a few abroad. He has also done some translations of modern Bengali poetry into English. He has been invited to poetry meets by Sahitya Akademi, the National Body Of Letters India, the National Book Trust of India; and the British Council. A.S.Guha has published articles on contemporary Indian Writing in English, criticism on Literary Studies, and journalistic articles for newspapers and magazines. He has also written and published papers on Distance Education, attended conferences on it in Hong Kong, New Delhi and other parts of India. He conducted a workshop on “Communication Skills And Creativity” in East Malaysia, for office workers in early 2004. He has been lecturing on Creative Writing to college students. In 1985 he visited England as part of the Group Study Exchange of Rotary International.

Of late he is evincing keen interest in areas of Corporate Social Responsibility regarding which he participated and presented papers in London Metropolitan University in September 2004. He is a member of organizing committees for international conferences in Corporate Social Responsibility, and is a member of the editorial board for an electronic journal in this area of studies. He still keeps in touch with his subject English Literature as a guest faculty for some universities in North East India. He is also a broadcaster. However poetry continues to ‘haunt’ him and he has been regularly publishing his poems in periodicals and journals since 1985."

Poems by Ananya S. Guha:

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