Yuyutsu Sharma

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Yuyutsu Sharma
Sharma, photographed at a poetry reading in Elyria, Ohio
Sharma, photographed at a poetry reading in Elyria, Ohio
BornJanuary 5, 1960
Nakodar, Punjab, India
OccupationPoet editor writer translator
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan, Tribhuvan University
GenresIndian poetry, Nepali poetry
Website
niralapublications.com/nirala-authors/yuyutsu-rd-sharma/

Yuyutsu R.D.' (Ram Dass) Sharma (born January 5, 1960) is a Nepalese-Indian poet and journalist. He was born at Nakodar, Punjab and moved to Nepal at an early age. He writes in English and Nepali.[1][2]

Life and career[]

Sharma was educated at Nakodar. received his early education first at DAV College, Nakodar, Punjab, and later at Baring Union Christian College, Batala and University of Rajasthan. Yuyutsu remained active in the literary circles of Rajasthan and acted in plays by Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Harold Pinter, and Edward Albee. Later he taught at various campuses of Punjab University, Chandigarh and Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu.

Sharma was educated at Nakodar. In 2006, he published The Lake Fewa and a Horse[3] and later in 2008, Annapurna Poems, Selected and New.[4] He also met German Photographer, Andreas Stimm in 2004 and his collaboration with Stimm resulted in three books of picture/poetry: Nepal Trilogy:Photographs and Poetry on Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang.[5]

He has published nine poetry collections including, Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake, A Blizzard in my Bones :New York Poems', Milarepa's Bones, Helambu:33 New Poems,,[6] Space Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and America,,[7] Annapurna Poems,[8] and Everest Failures.[9] Yuyutsu is the recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature.[10][1].

A world renowned Himalayan poet, Sharma has read his works at several prestigious places including Poetry Café, London, Seamus Heaney Center for Poetry, Belfast, New York University, New York, The Kring, Amsterdam, P.E.N, Paris, Knox College, Illinois, Whittier College, California, Baruch College, New York, WB Yeats’ Center, Sligo, Shi Shangzhuang, Hebei, China, Gustav Stressemann Institute, Bonn, Rubin Museum, New York, Cosmopoetica, Cordoba, Spain, Beijing International Book Fair, The Irish Writers’ Centre, Dublin, Columbia University, New York, Lu Xun Literary Institute, Beijing, The Guardian Newsroom, London, Trois Rivieres Poetry Festival, Quebec, Arnofini, Bristol, Borders, London, FIP, Buenos Aires, Slovenian Book Days, Ljubljana, Royal Society of Dramatic Arts, London, Gunter Grass House, Bremen, GTZ, Kathmandu, International Poetry Festival, Granada, Nicaragua, Nehru Center, London, Beijing Normal University, The Beijing Bookworm, Universidad Abierta Interamericana (UAI) / Indian Embassy, Buenos Aires, March Hare, Newfoundland, Canada, Gannon University, Erie, Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, Indian International Center, New Delhi, and Villa Serbelloni, Italy. Yuyutsu has held workshops in creative writing and translation at Queen’s University, Belfast, University of Ottawa and South Asian Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany, University of California, Davis, Sacramento State University, California, Beijing Open University, New York University, New York and Columbia University, New York.[11][2].

Three books of his poetry, Poemes de l’ Himalayas (L’Harmattan, Paris), Poemas de Los Himalayas (Cosmopoeticia, Cordoba, Spain) and Jezero Fewa & Konj (Sodobnost International) have appeared in French, Spanish and Slovenian respectively. In addition, Eternal Snow: A Worldwide Anthology of One Hundred Twenty-Five Poetic Intersections with Himalayan Poet Yuyutsu RD Sharma has also appeared.[12][3].

Poetry[]

  • The Second Buddha Walk: Inspired by the Second Buddha: Master of Time Exhibit at Rubin Museum, New York , Nirala, New Delhi, 2018
  • Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems , Nirala, New Delhi, 2016
  • A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2016
  • Nine New York Poems: A Prelude to‘A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems’, Nirala, New Delhi, 2014
  • Milarepa's Bones, Helambu:33 New Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2012
  • The Nepal Trilogy I-III Photographs and Poetry about the Nepal areas of Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang, www.Nepal-Trilogy.de,·www.Nepal-Trilogie.de) (english-deutsch, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany, 2010
  • www.AroundAnnapurna.de: A photographic and Poetic Journey around Annapurnas, Nepal, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany
  • www.WayToEverest.de:A photographic and Poetic Journey to the Foot of Everest, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany, 2006
  • Annapurna Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2008
  • Everest Failures, White Lotus Book Shop, Kathmandu 2008
  • Space Cake Amsterdam and other Poems from Europe and America, Howling Dog Press, Colorado, 2009
  • The Lake Fewa and a Horse, Poems New, Nirala, New Delhi, 2005, 2009
  • Poèmes de l'Himalaya, trans. by Nicole Barrière and Camille Bloomfield, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2009
  • Poemas De Los Himalayas: Bilingual Spanish/English Poetry Collection, Translated into Spanish with an Introduction by Veronica Aranda, 2010, Cosmopoeticia, Cordoba, Spain
  • Some Female Yeti & other Poems, Nirala, New Delhi,1995
  • Hunger of our Huddled Huts & other Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 1989, 2011
  • A Prayer in Daylight, Poems, Nirala, Jaipur, 1984

Non-Fiction[]

  • Annapurnas and Stains of Blood (Travelogue), Nirala, New Delhi, 2010

Translations[]

  • Dying in Rajasthan, 1985, Short Stories by Ramanand Rathi, (Translated from the Hindi), Nirala, New Delhi
  • Folk Tales of Sherpa & Yeti, 2008, Shiva Dhakal (Translated from the Nepali), Nirala, New Delhi
  • Roaring Recitals: Five Nepali Poets, (Gopal Prasad Rimal, Bhupi Sherchan & Others) (Translated from the Nepali), Nirala, New Delhi
  • Kathmandu: Poems Selected and New (An English/Nepali Bilingual Edition), Cathal O’ Searcaigh, Translated from the Gaelic by Seamus Heaney, John Montague, and others; Translated into the Nepali, Nirala, New Delhi
  • Baghdad, February 1991, A Bilingual Nepali /English Edition, Ronny Someck, Translated into Nepali by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2010
  • Mother’s Hand: Selected Poems — A Bilingual English/Nepali Anthology by Jidi Majai , Translated into Nepali by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2020

Edited[]

  • Elysium in the Halls of Hell, 1991, Poems about India by David Ray, Nirala, New Delhi,
  • Dispossessed Nests: The 1984 Poems, 1986, by Jayanta Mahapatra, Nirala, New Delhi,
  • Bagar: An Asian Poetry Special Number, (1989–90) Kathmandu, Nepal
  • General Editor, Nirala Series (Since 1989)
  • Guest Editor, Omega, Special Issue on Nepali Poetry (www.howlingdogpress.com) with Michael Annis, Howling Dog Press
  • Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing, since 1990
  • Pratik's Special Dutch issue (2007 Spring Issue) with Harry Zevenbergen as Guest Editor
  • Pratik's Special British issue (2007 Summer-Fall Issue) with Pascale Petit as Guest Editor
  • Ten: The New Indian Poets; Edited with Jayanta Mahapatra, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2013
  • Drunken Boat's Special Nepal Folio, Himalayan Arts,2017[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu Rd. "About Yuyutsu". Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Hunter, Poem. "Biography of Yuyutsu Sharma". Poemhunter. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. ^ The Lake Fewa & A Horse. Nirala. 2006. p. 86. ISBN 818569334X.
  4. ^ Annapurna Poems (Hardcover). Nirala. 2008. p. 150. ISBN 978-8182500136.
  5. ^ Nepal-Trilogy: Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang (ebook). 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  6. ^ R. D., Yuyutsu (2012). Milarepa's Bones, Helambu 33 New Poems. Nirala Publications. p. 49. ISBN 9788182500327. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  7. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). Space Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and America. Howling Dog Press. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  8. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2008). Annapurna Poems (Hardcover). p. 150. ISBN 978-8182500136.
  9. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu RD. Everest Failures (Paperback). Nirala. p. 40. ISBN 818250046X.
  10. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). POÈMES DE L'HIMALAYA (book) (in French). p. 80. ISBN 978-2-296-10213-2.
  11. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). POÈMES DE L'HIMALAYA (book) (in French). p. 80. ISBN 978-2-296-10213-2.
  12. ^ Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). POÈMES DE L'HIMALAYA (book) (in French). p. 80. ISBN 978-2-296-10213-2.

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