60 Indian Poets spans fifty-five years of Indian poetry in English, bridging
continents and generations, and seeks to expand the definition of 'Indianness'.
Beginning in 1952 with selections from Nissim Ezekiel's first volume of poetry
which was published in London, it honours the canonical writers who have come to
define modern Indian poetry—influential craftsmen such as Nissim Ezekiel, Dom
Moraes and Arun Kolatkar, who died within months of each other in 2004—and
reinstates neglected or forgotten figures such as Lawrence Bantleman, Gopal
Honnalgere, Srinivas Rayaprol and G.S. Sharat Chandra. The collection also
introduces an astonishing range of contemporary poets who live and work in
various parts of the