Gopal
Lahiri was born and
grew up in Kolkata. A post graduate in Geology, he works as a Geoscientist and
currently lives in Mumbai, India. He is a bilingual poet, writer, editor and
translator and widely published in Bengali and English language. His English
poetry books include ‘Silent Steps’
and ‘Living Inside’ and four POD
books published by Lulu, USA. His translation works in Bengali ‘Not
Just Milk and Honey’, (published by NBT, India), a collection of short stories of Israel is widely
acclaimed. He has recently edited (Jointly with Kiriti Sengupta) a poetry
anthology – ‘Scaling heights’,
published by Authorspress, New Delhi.
Anthology appearances (among others) includes National
Treasures, Indus Valley,A posy of poesy,
Concerto, Poet’s paradise,
The Silence Within, Indo-Australian Anthology,
The Dance of the Peacock, Illuminations,
Inklink, Poets International.
His works have featured in many journals Indian
Literature, Taj Mahal Review, CLRI,
Haiku Journaland electronic publications Arts and Letters,
Underground Window, Muse India, Poetry
Stop, Debug.
He was awarded the Acclamation of ”Highly
Commended” in the Poet of
the Year Category of the Destiny Poets’ International Community of Poets
ICOP Awards 2012 and 2013, Wakefield,
U.K.
Read the
following poems composed by Gopal Lahiri:
