Gopal Lahiri

Biography from 2024

Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 27 books published, (10 books in Bengali and 17 books in English) including five jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across various anthologies as well as in eminent journals of India and abroad. His poems are translated in 16 languages. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021. He is the recipient of the Poet of the Year Award in Destiny Poets , UK, 2016, Setu Excellence Award, 2020, Pittsburgh, US and Indology Life-Time Achievement award, West Bengal, India. His latest collection of poems ‘ Alleys are Filled with FuHisture Alphabets.’ has received wide acclaim. He has recently edited an anthology of poems ‘Voices Within’, published by Setu publications, US. His new collection of poems ‘ Crossing the Shoreline’ will be published soon.