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A.J.Thomas

Germination

The first collection of my poems, published in 1989, containing poems written over a 14-year period from 1975. My aspirations, anxieties and larger issues the society and the world faced, are reflected in them.

Aagaami Pal Ka Nirman

is a collection of my poems, old and new, in Hindi translation by renowned poet Anamika, Devendra Kumar Devesh and Anita Pandit, with a foreward by the celebrated Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh.

Ujjayini

A Novel in Verse, My translation of the Jnanpith-awardee poet O.N.V. Kurup's Malayalam Kavyam of the same name, based on Kalidasa's life, published by Rupa & Co.(2002)

The Deluge

is the translation of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winning Malayalam play Pralayam by Omchery, published by Rupa & Co.(2005)

Kesavan’s Lamentations

is my translation of the Malayalam novel Kesavante Vilapangal, by M. Mukundan. This novel, based on E.M.S.Namboodiripad, the legendary Marxist leader. Won the Vodafone Crossword Award for a translated work(2006).

This Ancient Lyre

is a collection of Jnanpith-awardee poet O.N.V Kurup's poems I translated and edited, entitled and published by Sahitya Akademi.

Best of Indian Literature

is a 1700-page, two-book, four-volume anthology I edited together with Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, containing the best of short fiction, poetry, drama and creative prose published during the half-century between 1957 and 2007 in Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi's(The National Academy of Letters, India.) 200+ page, bimonthly English journal.

The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry

Here's the cover of the now famous HarperCollins Book of English Poetry. My poems are included in it.

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Recent Posts
  • My article on Libya
  • My Cover Story on Delhi
  • My Recent Editorials in Indian Literature
  • Review of Banipal Magazine: Desert Spring
  • The Red Hibiscus Revolution
 

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