Poetry of the World

Karuna Ezara Parikh is a British-Indian author and poet. Her published works include the novel The Heart Asks Pleasure First and a collection of poems, Where Stories Gather. Her writing has been featured in publications including The Wire, Vogue, and Dazed. She is the Founder of the public reading project Karuna's Kitaab Club and host of The Books Need People Podcast. A forthcoming memoir documents her many years as a travel show host. Known widely for her activism, particularly concerning gender, secularism, and climate change, she uses online platforms to spark conversations about fashion, sustainability, and the politics of identity.

Karuna Ezara Parikh adalah seorang penulis dan penyair British-Indian. Karya-karyanya yang telah diterbitkan mencakup novel The Heart Asks Pleasure First dan sebuah koleksi puisi, Where Stories Gather. Tulisannya telah ditampilkan dalam publikasi termasuk The Wire, Vogue, dan Dazed. Dia adalah pendiri proyek pembacaan publik Karuna's Kitaab Club dan pembawa acara The Books Need People Podcast. Sebuah memoar yang akan datang mendokumentasikan banyak tahunnya sebagai pembawa acara travel show. Dikenal luas karena aktivisme-nya, khususnya mengenai gender, sekularisme, dan perubahan iklim, dia menggunakan platform online untuk memicu percakapan tentang fashion, keberlanjutan, dan politik identitas.

Bhuchung D. Sonam is an exiled Tibetan writer, translator and publisher. His books include Songs from Dewachen and Yak Horns: Notes on Contemporary Tibetan Writing, Music and Film and Politics. He is a founding member of TibetWrites, a Tibetan writers' circle that promotes and publishes the creative works of Tibetans. His writings have been published in the Washington Post, Asahi Weekly, Journal of Indian Literature, and HIMAL Southasian, amongst others.

Bhuchung D. Sonam adalah seorang penulis, penerjemah dan penerbit Tibet yang diasingkan. Buku-bukunya mencakup Songs from Dewachen dan Yak Horns: Notes on Contemporary Tibetan Writing, Music and Film and Politics. Dia adalah anggota pendiri TibetWrites, sebuah lingkaran penulis Tibet yang mempromosikan dan menerbitkan karya kreatif orang Tibet. Tulisan-tulisannya telah diterbitkan di Washington Post, Asahi Weekly, Journal of Indian Literature, dan HIMAL Southasian, di antara lainnya.

Ali AlShaali is an Emirati poet, novelist, and publisher who is the author of five poetry collections and several works of fiction and narrative prose. His recent publications include the novel My Name is Alya and the short story collection This is My Father and Lives in Pomegranate. AlShaali's work has earned numerous accolades, including the Al Owais Creativity Award, and he was named Poet of the Year at the Sharjah Festival of Arabic Poetry in 2024. His poetry collection The Earth Has But One Soul has been translated into Spanish, Turkish, and Greek. A graduate of the International Writing Programme at the University of Iowa and the Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship, he holds a BSc in Civil Engineering and a Master's Certificate in Project Management.

Ali AlShaali adalah seorang penyair, novelis, dan penerbit Emirat yang merupakan penulis lima koleksi puisi dan beberapa karya fiksi dan prosa naratif. Publikasi terbarunya termasuk novel My Name is Alya dan koleksi cerita pendek This is My Father and Lives in Pomegranate. Karya AlShaali telah mendapatkan berbagai penghargaan, termasuk Al Owais Creativity Award, dan dia dinamai Penyair Tahun Ini di Sharjah Festival of Arabic Poetry pada tahun 2024. Koleksi puisinya The Earth Has But One Soul telah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Spanyol, Turki, dan Yunani. Sebagai lulusan dari International Writing Programme di University of Iowa dan Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship, dia memiliki gelar BSc dalam Civil Engineering dan Master's Certificate dalam Project Management.

Afri Meldam is an Indonesian short story writer, poet, and essayist, born in Sumpur Kudus, West Sumatra. His work has appeared in various print and online media, including Padang Ekspres, Singgalang, Kompas, Media Indonesia, Suara Merdeka, Jurnal Nasional, Kalam, Bacapetra, Basabasi, and Kompas.id. His published short story collections include Hikayat Bujang Jilatang and Orang-Orang Lembah. He has won a number of writing competitions, including 1st Place in the West Sumatra Youth Short Story Writing Competition, 2nd Place in the Minangkabau-Language Short Story Writing Competition, and 3rd Place in the Short Story Writing Competition commemorating 100 years of A.A. Navis. His short story was also selected as a winner in the 2019 Nulis dari Rumah event, and in 2024, he won 2nd Place in the RASA Ayu Utami Literary Award for Orang-Orang Lembah, while his short story Pemetik Getah Damar was named Best Short Story at the Scarlet Pen Awards.

Afri Meldam adalah seorang penulis cerpen, penyair, dan esais asal Indonesia, lahir di Sumpur Kudus, Sumatera Barat. Karyanya telah dimuat di berbagai media cetak dan daring, seperti Padang Ekspres, Singgalang, Kompas, Media Indonesia, Suara Merdeka, Jurnal Nasional, Kalam, Bacapetra, Basabasi, dan Kompas.id. Buku kumpulan cerpennya yang telah terbit antara lain Hikayat Bujang Jilatang dan Orang-Orang Lembah. Ia pernah memenangi sejumlah lomba menulis, di antaranya Juara 1 Lomba Menulis Cerpen Remaja Sumatera Barat, Juara 2 Lomba Menulis Cerita Berbahasa Minangkabau, dan Juara 3 Lomba Menulis Cerpen Peringatan 100 Tahun A.A. Navis. Cerpennya juga terpilih sebagai salah satu pemenang dalam ajang Nulis dari Rumah pada 2019, dan pada 2024, ia meraih Juara 2 Hadiah Sastra RASA Ayu Utami untuk buku Orang-Orang Lembah, sementara cerpennya Pemetik Getah Damar dinobatkan sebagai Cerpen Terbaik dalam ajang Scarlet Pen Awards.

Kristian Sendon Cordero is a Filipino poet and independent filmmaker, whose works move fluidly across poetry, cinema, translation, publishing, and cultural work, animated by a deep conviction that literature must remain alive to risk, cultural dialogue, and social transformation. He won the Southeast Asian Writers Award 2017 and the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines award 2022. His works have been translated into German, Czech, Spanish, and Italian, and have appeared in various literary journals such as Words Without Borders, Massachusetts Review, The Margins, and The Best Literary Translations, among others. He runs an independent bookshop called Savage Mind, which is considered the creative heart of his home region, Bikol.

Kristian Sendon Cordero adalah seorang penyair dan pembuat film independen asal Filipina, yang karya-karyanya bergerak luwes lintas puisi, sinema, penerjemahan, penerbitan, dan kerja budaya, dijiwai oleh keyakinan mendalam bahwa sastra harus tetap hidup dalam menghadapi risiko, dialog budaya, dan transformasi sosial. Ia meraih Southeast Asian Writers Award 2017 dan penghargaan Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines 2022. Karya-karyanya telah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Jerman, Ceko, Spanyol, dan Italia, serta telah dimuat di berbagai jurnal sastra seperti Words Without Borders, Massachusetts Review, The Margins, dan The Best Literary Translations, di antaranya. Ia menjalankan sebuah toko buku independen bernama Savage Mind, yang dianggap sebagai jantung kreatif dari daerah asalnya, Bikol.

Andrea Cote Botero is a Colombian writer and author of Querida Beth (Dear Beth), published in 2025; En las praderas del fin del mundo (In the Prairies of the End of the World), published in 2019; La ruina que nombro (The Ruin that I Name), published in 2015; and Puerto calcinado (Port in Ashes), first published in 2003 and reissued in 2010, among others. Cote has received the National Poetry Prize from the Universidad Externado of Colombia in 2003, the Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award in 2005, the Città di Castrovillari Prize in 2010, and the XXIV Premio Casa de América de Poesía Americana in 2024, among other honours. Her poems have been translated into numerous languages, and she has translated the poets Tracy K. Smith and Jericho Brown into Spanish.

Andrea Cote Botero adalah seorang penulis asal Kolombia dan penulis buku Querida Beth (Dear Beth), yang terbit pada tahun 2025; En las praderas del fin del mundo (In the Prairies of the End of the World), yang terbit pada tahun 2019; La ruina que nombro (The Ruin that I Name), yang terbit pada tahun 2015; serta Puerto calcinado (Port in Ashes), yang pertama kali terbit pada tahun 2003 dan diterbitkan ulang pada tahun 2010, di antara karya-karya lainnya. Cote telah menerima Penghargaan Puisi Nasional dari Universidad Externado di Kolombia pada tahun 2003, Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award pada tahun 2005, Città di Castrovillari Prize pada tahun 2010, dan XXIV Premio Casa de América de Poesía Americana pada tahun 2024, di antara penghargaan-penghargaan lainnya. Puisi-puisinya telah diterjemahkan ke dalam berbagai bahasa, dan ia juga telah menerjemahkan karya para penyair Tracy K. Smith dan Jericho Brown ke dalam Bahasa Spanyol.

Srijato is an Indian poet, novelist and lyricist who writes in Bengali. He has around 50 titles to his credit and has received numerous state and literary honours, including the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers and the Filmfare Awards East in 2014 for Best Lyricist for the song 'Balir Shohor' from Mishawr Rawhoshyo. In 2023, he made his directorial debut with the Bengali drama film Manobjomin, starring Parambrata Chatterjee and Priyanka Sarkar, which was critically acclaimed.

Srijato adalah seorang penyair, novelis, dan penulis lirik asal India yang menulis dalam bahasa Bengali. Ia memiliki sekitar 50 judul karya dan telah menerima banyak penghargaan negara bagian serta sastra, termasuk Ananda Puroskar pada tahun 2004 untuk bukunya Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers dan Filmfare Awards East pada tahun 2014 untuk kategori Penulis Lirik Terbaik lewat lagu 'Balir Shohor' dari film Mishawr Rawhoshyo. Pada tahun 2023, ia melakukan debut sebagai sutradara lewat film drama Bengali Manobjomin, yang dibintangi oleh Parambrata Chatterjee dan Priyanka Sarkar, dan mendapat sambutan kritis yang positif.

Ege Dündar is a Berlin-based author, activist and PEN International board member from Turkey. He spent eight years with the organisation before becoming its youngest ever board member in its 100-year history. He has supported writers at risk in Turkey and worldwide, helped establish the Young Writers Committee across 62 countries, and founded Tomorrow Club to amplify young voices. He works in Arts & Journalism at CORRECTIV, and has researched exile media and artistic freedom for Körber-Stiftung, Freemuse and UNESCO. He is co-author, with his father Can Dündar, of The Wall; the family were forced to leave Turkey after Can's unlawful arrest in 2015. Ege has spoken at UNESCO Young Voices, Tate Modern, The Guardian Talks, One Young World and international book fairs.

Ege Dündar adalah seorang penulis, aktivis, dan anggota dewan PEN International yang berbasis di Berlin dan berasal dari Turki. Ia menghabiskan delapan tahun bersama organisasi tersebut sebelum menjadi anggota dewan termuda dalam sejarah 100 tahunnya. Ia telah mendukung para penulis yang berada dalam risiko di Turki dan di seluruh dunia, membantu mendirikan Young Writers Committee di 62 negara, serta mendirikan Tomorrow Club untuk memperkuat suara-suara muda yang berani. Ege bekerja di departemen Arts & Journalism di CORRECTIV, dan telah melakukan riset tentang media pengasingan (exile media) dan kebebasan berkesenian untuk Körber-Stiftung, Freemuse, dan UNESCO. Ia adalah salah satu penulis buku The Wall, bersama ayahnya, Can Dündar; keluarganya terpaksa meninggalkan Turki setelah penangkapan Can yang tidak sah pada tahun 2015. Ege pernah tampil sebagai pembicara di UNESCO Young Voices, Tate Modern, The Guardian Talks, One Young World, serta berbagai pameran buku internasional.

Adrianne Kalfopoulou is a Greek-American author of three poetry collections, most recently A History of Too Much, and three prose collections including On the Gaze: Dubai and its New Cosmopolitanisms. Her work has appeared in journals, chapbooks and anthologies including The Harvard Review online, World Literature Today, Slag Glass City, Hotel Amerika, Dancing Girl Press, and Futures: Poetry of the Greek Crisis. A collection of poems in Greek, Ξένη, Ξένο, Ξενιτιά, was translated into English with Katerina Iliopoulou. The re in refuge, essays, published by Red Hen Press in 2025, is her latest book publication.

Adrianne Kalfopoulou adalah seorang penulis Yunani-Amerika yang telah menerbitkan tiga kumpulan puisi, yang terbaru berjudul A History of Too Much, serta tiga kumpulan prosa, termasuk On the Gaze: Dubai and its New Cosmopolitanisms. Karyanya telah dimuat di berbagai jurnal, chapbook, dan antologi, termasuk The Harvard Review online, World Literature Today, Slag Glass City, Hotel Amerika, Dancing Girl Press, dan Futures: Poetry of the Greek Crisis. Sebuah kumpulan puisi berbahasa Yunani, Ξένη, Ξένο, Ξενιτιά, diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris bersama Katerina Iliopoulou. The re in refuge, essays, diterbitkan oleh Red Hen Press pada tahun 2025, adalah buku terbarunya yang diterbitkan.