Anju Makhija

Anju Makhija is an eminent poet, playwright and translator of India. She is famous for her poem ‘’A Farmer’s Ghost’’, which won the First Prize in the Fifth National Poetry Competition in 1994 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with the British Council.

Biography

Anju Makhija was born in Pune. But she has spent several years in Canada. She has a Master's degree in Media from Concordia University, Montreal. She has worked in the fields of education, training and television. She writes poetry, plays and has worked on audio-visual scripts. Her multimedia production All Together, won her the special award at the National Education Film Festival, California. She has participated and won prizes in poetry and playwriting competitions organized by The British Council, The Poetry Society of India and the BBC. Makhija is the author of View from the Web. She also the editor of an Anthology of Indian Women Poets 1990-2007’’ published by the Sahitya Akademi. Her poems appeared in the poetry anthology, The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India, featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada.

Anju Makhija was All India Poetry Champion in 1994 for her poem A Farmer’s Ghost. The eminent British poet Michael Hulse was the Chairman of the awarding committee. She had also won the commendation prize in the Fourth National Poetry Competition 1993 for her poem ‘’Can You Answer, Professor?’’.

Bibliography

Books of Poetry

• ”We Speak in Changing Languages: Indian Women Poets 1990–2007”, ed. anthology, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi India 2009
• ’’Seeking the Beloved’’, New Delhi, Katha Publishers India 2005
• ’’View From the Web – Poems’’ 2005 New Delhi : Har-Anand Books India 2005

See also

• Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry
• “Katha” List of Translators
• Indian English Literature
• Indian Writing in English
• Indian poetry
• The Poetry Society (India)