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Full Name
  
Vivekanand Jha

Nationality
  
Indian

Name
  
Vivekanand Jha

Residence
  
New Delhi, India

Website
  
www.vivekanandjha.com

Born
  
1977 (age 38–39)
Darbhanga, Bihar, India

Alma mater
  
IGNOU, Lalit Narayan Mithila University

Occupation
  
Editor, Translator & Award Winning Poet


Vivekanand Jha (born 1977) is a translator, editor, and Indian poet. He has written and edited several critical and academic books including poetry in English, among them the poetry anthology, The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India, featuring 151 Indian English poets. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of two literary magazines, VerbalArt and Phenomenal Literature.

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Early life

Jha was born and raised at Mahinam-Pohaddi near Benipur in the Darbhanga district of Bihar, the son of Dr. Raja Nand Jha. He studied at Indira Gandhi National Open University and Lalit Narayan Mithila University. He has an MA and Ph.D. in English.

Awards and recognition

  • Poetry Contest Winner-conducted by Beginners®, a documentary, graphic, nonfiction book series, USA.
  • Contributing poet to Wavelengths – 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry, winner of first place in the 2011 London Book Festival.
  • Poem featured in the 10 Selected Poems for Performance & 10 Selected Poems for Award in 2nd Korea-Nigeria Poetry Feast organized by the Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria.

    • References

    Vivekanand Jha Wikipedia
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