User:Dr. Santosh Kumar, Allahabad
Dr. Santosh Kumar [1] from Allahabad, India, is a poet, short story writer and editor. He is Chief Editor of Cyberwit.net [2] Publications based in India. He is the editor of international literary Journals Taj Mahal Review [3]and Harvests of New Millennium, which have promoted artists and poets such as Adam Donaldson Powell[4], Albert Russo [5], Azsacra Zarathustra [6], Ban’ya Natsuishi [7], Barbara Elizabeth Mercer [8], Del Senkbeil, Diane Oatley [9], Dimitris P. Kraniotis [10], Eric Tessier, Floriana Hall, Frieda Groffy [11], James Skinner, Jan Oskar Hansen, Janet K. Brennan [12], John Mcdonald, Joseph Aprile [13], Joseph Spence, Sr.,[14] Louie Levy, María Cristina Azcona [15], Moshé Liba, R. Leland Waldrip, Roger W. Harrington, Sal Amico M. Buttaci [16], Sayumi Kamakura [17], Shirley Bolstok, Stephen Lloyd Smith, Teri Schwartz, Yvonne Sparkes.
He has published three books of poetry through Cyberwit.net and Rochak Publishing, and one book of literary criticism in collaboration with Adam Donaldson Powell, Norway (Cyberwit.net).
[edit] BOOK PUBLICATIONS:
Helicon (Cyberwit.net)
New Utopia: Haiku Collection (Rochak Publishing)
Critical Essays in collaboration with Adam Donaldson Powell (Cyberwit.net)
NO NUKES: Brave New World of Beauty A Long Narrative Poem Songs of Peace & Haiku (Rochak Publishing) The Poetic Achievement of Ban'ya Natsuishi (Cyberwit.net)
Adam Donaldson Powell: the Making of a Poet (Cyberwit.net)
The Haiku of Sayumi Kamakura: A Critical Study(Cyberwit.net)
[edit] ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Several poetry anthologies edited by him include:
The Fabric of A Vision (2001), The Still Horizon (2002), The Golden Wings (2002), Voyages (2003), Symphonies (2003), The Postmodern Temperaments: Fifteen Poets (2003), New Pegasus (2004), Explorers (2004), The Ferment of Images (2004), The Edge of the Metaphor (2004), Harvests of New Millennium (2005) and Different Worlds: A Virtual Journey (2006). [18]
Several short story anthologies edited by him include:
Passion, An Anthology of World's Great Short Stories (2003), Fantasies, An Anthology of World's Great Short Stories (2004), The Color Gallery (2004) and Insights (A Collection of Contemporary Short Stories) (2005). [19]
He has published his poetry in Indian Verse by Young Poets (1980), World Poetry (1995 & 1996), The Fabric of A Vision (2001), The Still Horizon (2002), The Golden Wings (2002), Voyages (2003), Symphonies (2003), New Pegasus (2004), Explorers (2004), Dwan (USA), Promise (Purple Rose Publications, USA), Taj Mahal Review (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008), Harvests of New Millennium (2005 & 2008) and World Haiku 2008 No. 4.
DPhil in English; member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.); member of World Haiku Association, Japan; presented papers in the seminar, interviews as special guest at international literary festival WORDS – one path to peace and understanding Oslo, Norway in September 2008. [20]
