Ranjit Hoskote

Ranjit Hoskoté ( born March 29, 1969 in Bombay ( Mumbai) ) is an English writing Indian writer, art curator and arts journalist.

Life

He studied political science, aesthetics and literature in English.

As a reviewer Hoskoté wrote reviews about cinema, architecture, art and cultural policy in various international newspapers and magazines, including Poetry Review (London), Wasafiri ( Canterbury ), Rattapallax New York), Fulcrum (Cambridge, Massachusetts), West Coast Line ( Burnaby ), Art and Thought ( Goethe -Institut Bonn), The New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur ), Indian Literature ( New Delhi).

Ranjit Hoskoté was curator of several exhibitions of Indian artists and Chairman of the Poetry Circle Bombay. He is secretary of the Indian PEN Club. IN Hoskoté day job is editor of the English daily newspaper "The Hindu " in Bombay.

Works (selection)

• 2007 Kampfabsage ( with Ilija Trojanov ) Blessing, Munich
• 2006 The arrival of the birds. Poems translated from English by Jürgen Brocan and edited. Edition Lyrik Kabinett by Hanser
• 2006 Vanishing Acts: New and Selected Poems, 1985-2006. Penguin Books India
• 2004 The Complicit Observer: Reflections on the Art of Sudhir Patwardhan. Eminence Designs / Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
• 2001 The Sleepwalker 's Archive. Single File, Mumbai
• 2000 The Cartographer 's Apprentice ( with drawings by Laxman Shreshtha ). The Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1998 Pilgrim, Exile, Sorcerer: The Painterly Evolution of Jehangir Sabavala. Eminence Designs, Mumbai
• 1991 Zones of Assault. Rupa & Co., New Delhi

• 2002 Reasons for Belonging: Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets. Viking / Penguin Books

Awards (selection)

• Sahitya Akademi Award 2004 Golden Jubilee
• 1997 British Council / Poetry Society of India Annual Competition
• 1996 Sanskriti Award for Literature