Abhay K.

Abhay K. is an internationally acclaimed poet-diplomat, translator, artist and polymath. Author of over a dozen poetry collections, he has edited several landmark anthologies such as The Book of Bihari Literature, The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems, Capitals, New Brazilian Poems and The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems. His poems have appeared in leading literary magazines across the globe in multiple languages. His ‘Earth Anthem,’ translated into over 160 languages has been used by the United Nations to celebrate Earth Day. He received the SAARC Literary Award (2013) and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress, USA, in 2018. His translations of Kalidasa’s Meghadutam and Ritusamharam from the Sanskrit won him the KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award (2020–21), and his translation of the Hanuman Chalisa from the Awadhi earned him the Sarojini Naidu Poetry Award (2026). His translation of the Magahi novel Fool Bahadur has been published as a modern classic by Penguin Random House.
His poetry collections, historical nonfiction, anthologies, and translations are widely catalogued in leading academic libraries and research networks, including those of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. His works are also held by national libraries around the world, including the Library of Congress.
His art works have been exhibited in several countries including at the National Museum, New Delhi.