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Abhay K. from Nalanda, Bihar, is a poet, editor, translator, and the author of several poetry collections. His poems have appeared in over 100 literary magazines including Poetry Salzburg Review and Asia Literary Review, among others. His ‘Earth Anthem’ has been translated into over 150 languages and his translations of Kalidasa’s Meghaduta and Ritusamhara from the Sanskrit won him the KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award (2020–21). He received the SAARC Literary Award 2013 and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., in 2018. His forthcoming poetry collection is titled In Light of Africa.