Smita
Agarwal is a well-known poet and cultural person. Her poems have received
awards and residencies and have been curated in magazines, journals and
anthologies published from India and abroad. She is the author of Wish-granting Words, Ravi Dayal
Publisher, New Delhi, 2002 and Mofussil
Notebook, Sampark, Calcutta, 2016. Currently, she is in the process of
finalizing her third volume of poems. Agarwal has edited Marginalized: Indian Poetry in English, Rodopi, Amsterdam and New
York, 2014 – a collection of essays on Indian Poetry in English. She has also
published critical articles and translations from English to Hindi. She is
professor of English, University of Allahabad, former Director of the Centre
for Women’s Studies and a professional singer who performs for All India Radio,
Doordarshan and cultural events like Triveni
Mahotsav and Shilp Mela.
Currently, she divides her time between the two cities of Allahabad and Mumbai.