K. V. Dominic

Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic
Born (1956-02-13) 13 February 1956
Kalady, Kerala, India
Residence Thodupuzha, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation writer , poet, critic

Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic (born 13 February 1956), an Indian poet. writer and critic.[1][2][3] in Indian writing in English, is a retired professor of the PG & Research Department of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala, India. He took his PhD on the topic "East-West Conflicts in the Novels of R. K. Narayan with Special Reference to The Vendor of Sweets, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Painter of Signs and The Guide from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala .[4]

Literary career

In addition to innumerable poems, short stories and critical articles published in national and international journals, he has published twenty three books so far. Three of his books are under print.[5] His poetry collections Winged Reason and Write Son, Write have been received a huge critic response from in and out side India.[6][7][8] He has also edited a number of books on different poets and short story writers. His poems featured in the poetry anthology, The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India,[9] featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press,[10] Canada.

GIEWEC

Prof. Dominic is the Secretary of the Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC), whose headquarters is at Thodupuzha, Kerala, India . It is a large literary family consisting of professional writers, editors, university/college professors and PhD research scholars from India and abroad. He is serving as the editor and publisher of the international refereed biannual journal, International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML)[11] and Editor-in-Chief of the Guild's international refereed biannual journal, Writers Editors Critics (WEC).[12] Both the journals are abstracted and indexed by Literary Reference Centre Plus, EBSCO Host, USA for Worldwide reference.[13] He is also the publisher of the international refereed annual, New Fiction Journal (NFJ).[14] He is an authority on research methodology and writing manuals and he conducts workshop on research methodology and MLA style of documentation in different parts of India every year. Dr. Dominic has been interviewed by an Italian Professor, Prof. Elisabetta Marino, and it appeared in reputed Italian journal MOSAICO in Italy and Brazil[15] and its English translation in international refereed quarterly journal, Labyrinth from Gwalior.

Awards

International Poets Academy, Chennai conferred on him its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 for his literary contribution to world peace and harmony.[16] India Inter-Continental Cultural Association, Chandigarh conferred on him Kafla Inter-continental Award of Honour SAHITYA SHIROMANI in recognition of his contribution in the field of literature at the 10th International Writers' Festival at Trivandrum (Kerala) on 28 December 2014.[17]

Published Books

See also

References

  1. Poetry Collection: Winged Reason. authorspress. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. Selected Short Stories in Contemporary Indo-Anglian Literature. Google Books. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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  9. Grove, Richard. "The Dance of the Peacock:An Anthology of English Poetry from India" (current). Hidden Brook Press, Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  10. Press, Hidden Brook. "Hidden Brook Press". Hidden Brook Press. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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  12. . Accessed 10 May 2013 Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
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  17. http://www.profkvdominic.com/?page_id=672

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