Kavita A. Jindal is an award-winning poet, novelist and essayist. She is the author of Manual For A Decent Life, which won the Brighthorse Prize and the Eastern Eye Award for Literature. She has published two poetry collections to critical acclaim: Patina and Raincheck Renewed. Reviewers have said of her recent writing: “witty and wry, with a steely heart” and of the novel: “the book’s boldness, beauty and courage are utterly seductive.” Her work has appeared in anthologies and literary journals worldwide and been broadcast on BBC Radio, Zee TV and European radio stations. Selected poems have been translated into Arabic, German, Punjabi, Spanish and Romanian. Her poem Kabariwala is included in 100 Great Indian Poems published by Bloomsbury in 2018. Her poem Act of Faith is included in the anthology ‘Unseen’ which is in the UK GCSE and A Levels syllabus. Kavita enjoys collaborating with musicians and artists across a range of projects. She is also the co-founder of ‘The Whole Kahani’ writers’ collective, which has published two anthologies. In 2021 she was elected to serve on the Poetry and Spoken Word committee of the Society of Authors.
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