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Urvashi Bahuguna
BornCuttack, Orissa
OccupationPoet and essayist
EducationUniversity of East Anglia

Urvashi Bahuguna is an Indian poet and essayist. She is the recipient of Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, Sangam House fellowship, Eclectica Spotlight Author Prize, and a TOTO Award for Creative Writing.[1]

Early life

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Urvashi was born in Cuttack, Orissa, India.[2] She grew up in Goa, and later moved to the capital New Delhi. She gained an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in England in 2014.[3] Her debut poetry collection, Terrarium, was originally titled Mudscope. It was selected for the 2017 Emerging Poets Prize by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and published in 2019.[4]

Selected publications

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  • Terrarium (The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, 2019)
  • No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on mental health (Penguin India, 2021)[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Sur, Sanchari. "On Creating A Writing Life While Negotiating Mental Illness: An Interview with Urvashi Bahuguna". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Thayil, Jeet, ed. (25 April 2022). The Penguin Book Of Indian Poets. Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9789354925108. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Urvashi Bahuguna". The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ D'Costa, Michelle. "Urvashi Bahuguna, in conversation with Michelle D'Costa". Yayavya. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ^ K.B, Pragati (9 October 2021). "Pragati K.B. reviews No Straight Thing was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health, by Urvashi Bahuguna". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  6. ^ Ge, Krupa (5 April 2021). "Book review: 'No Straight Thing Was Ever Made' normalises talking about mental health". The News Minute. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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