Vihang A. Naik was born in Surat, ( Gujarat, India ) on September 2, 1969. He is India’s contemporary poet writing in English; who is published in some significant literary journal and anthologized . His poems have appeared in Indian P.E.N.,Indian Literature : A Sahitya Akademi Bi-Monthly Journal , Kavya Bharati , POESIS : A Journal of Poetry Circle , Mumbai , The Journal of The Poetry Society ( India ) , The Journal of Indian Writing In English , The Journal of Literature and Aesthetics , The Brown Critique, The Poetry Chain among other significant journals. Awards and Other Honors: Limca Book of Records (2016); Beverly Hills Book Awards(2016); IndieReader Discovery Award (2016); Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention Award (2015); Michel Madhusudan Prize (1998).He is educated from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda with Philosophy , Indian and English Literature . He had his primary schooling from Navrachna School ( Baroda ) . His significient collection of poetry in English include Poetry Manifesto ( New & Selected Poems ) . His English collection of poems also include Making A Poem published by Allied Publishers’ ( Mumbai ) in 2004 . His much canonized English collection of poems include City Times and Other Poems first published by Writers' Workshop, India in 1993 . His Gujarati collection of poems include Jeevangeet published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir ( Ahmedabad ) in 2001 dedicated to the cause of victims of Gujarat Earthquake 26th January , 2001 . He also translates poetry from Gujarati into English. He has taught English for more than a decade at Shree Ambaji Arts College affiliated to Hemchandrachariya North Gujarat, India. He can be reached at http://www.vihang.org
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an anthology of intuitive and philosophical poems...
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