Anju Makhija

Anju Makhija is an eminent poet,[1] playwright and translator of India. She is famous for her poem ‘’A Farmer’s Ghost’’, which won the First Prize in the Fifth National Poetry Competition in 1994 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with British Council.[2]

Biography

Anju Makhija was born in Pune. But she has spent several years in Canada. She has a Master's degree in Media from Concordia University, Montreal. She has worked in the fields of education, training and television. She writes poetry, plays and has worked on audio-visual scripts. Her multimedia production All Together, won her the special award at the National Education Film Festival, California. She has participated and won prizes in poetry and playwriting competitions organized by The British Council, The Poetry Society of India and the BBC.[3] Makhija is the author of View from the Web. She also the editor of an Anthology of Indian Women Poets 1990-2007’’ published by the Sahitya Akademi. Her poems appeared in the poetry anthology, The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India,[4] featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press,[5] Canada.

Anju Makhija was All India Poetry Champion in 1994 for her poem A Farmer’s Ghost. The eminent British poet Michael Hulse was the Chairman of the awarding committee. She had also won the commendation prize in the Fourth National Poetry Competition 1993 for her poem ‘’Can You Answer, Professor?’’.[6]

Bibliography

Books of Poetry

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers". Sahitya Akademi. Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fifth National Poetry Competition - Prize winning poems".
  3. ↑ "Profile on Katha List of Writers".
  4. ↑ Grove, Richard. "The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India" (current). Hidden Brook Press, Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Press, Hidden Brook. "Hidden Brook Press". Hidden Brook Press. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Fourth National Poetry Competition - Commendation Prize".


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