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Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian poet, a native speaker of Gujarati. She has written many poems, most prominent of which is the English poem "Search for My Tongue". This poem is one in a section of "Poems from Different Cultures" in an anthology that is compulsory study for many fourteen to sixteen-year-olds in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

Bhatt was born in Ahmedabad, and brought up in Pune until 1968, when she emigrated to the United States with her family. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa, and for a time was writer-in-residence at the University of Victoria, Canada. She received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award for her first collection Brunizem (Carcanet, 1988)^[1]

More recently she was a visiting fellow at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. She currently works as a freelance writer and has translated Gujarati poetry into English for the Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets. Her poems have appeared in various journals in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, and Canada, and have been widely anthologised, as well as being broadcast on British, German, and Dutch radio. Bhatt now lives in Bremen, Germany with her husband, German writer Michael Augustin, and daughter.

To date, she has published six collections of poetry with Carcanet Press. Many of her poems have love and violence as themes, and explore issues such as racism and the interaction between Asian, European, and North American culture. The subject matter of her poetry has ranged from political strife to eroticism.

Published works

Sujata Bhatt (2008). "Pure Lizard". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
Sujata Bhatt (2002). "The Colour of Solitude (Second edition)". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
Sujata Bhatt (2000). "Augatora". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
Sujata Bhatt (1997). "Point No Point". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
Sujata Bhatt (1995). "The Stinking Rose". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
Sujata Bhatt (1991). "Monkey Shadows". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
Sujata Bhatt (1988). "Bruzinem". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

Awards

1988 Commonwealth poetry prize (Asia) Brunizem
1988 Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize Brunizem
1991 Poetry Book Society Recommendation Monkey Shadows
1991 Cholmondeley Award
2000 Poetry Book Society Recommendation Aguatora

References

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 '''Sujata Bhatt''' (born 6 May 1956) is an [[India]]n [[poet]], a [[native speaker]] of [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. She has written many poems, most prominent of which is the [[English poetry|English poem]] "Search for My Tongue".  This poem is one in a section of "Poems from Different Cultures" in an anthology that is compulsory study for many fourteen to sixteen-year-olds in the United Kingdom.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
-Bhatt was born in [[Ahmedabad]], and brought up in [[Pune]] until 1968, when she emigrated to the [[United States]] with her family. She has an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from the [[University of Iowa]], and for a time was writer-in-residence at the [[University of Victoria]], [[Canada]]. More recently she was a visiting fellow at [[Dickinson College]], [[Pennsylvania]]. She currently works as a freelance writer and has translated Gujarati poetry into English for the ''Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets''. Her poems have appeared in various journals in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the [[United States]], and [[Canada]], and have been widely anthologised, as well as being broadcast on [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Germany|German]], and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] radio. Bhatt now lives in [[Bremen]], [[Germany]] with her husband, German writer Michael Augustin, and daughter.
+Bhatt was born in [[Ahmedabad]], and brought up in [[Pune]] until 1968, when she emigrated to the [[United States]] with her family. She has an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from the [[University of Iowa]], and for a time was writer-in-residence at the [[University of Victoria]], [[Canada]].
+She received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award for her first collection ''Brunizem'' (Carcanet, 1988)<ref>[http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781857549812 Brunizem]</ref>
+More recently she was a visiting fellow at [[Dickinson College]], [[Pennsylvania]]. She currently works as a freelance writer and has translated Gujarati poetry into English for the ''Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets''. Her poems have appeared in various journals in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the [[United States]], and [[Canada]], and have been widely anthologised, as well as being broadcast on [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Germany|German]], and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] radio. Bhatt now lives in [[Bremen]], [[Germany]] with her husband, German writer Michael Augustin, and daughter.
-Many of her poems have [[love]] and [[violence]] as themes, and explore issues such as [[racism]] and the interaction between [[Asia]]n, [[Europe]]an, and [[North America]]n culture. The subject matter of her poetry has ranged from political strife to [[eroticism]].
+To date, she has published six collections of poetry with [[Carcanet Press]]. Many of her poems have [[love]] and [[violence]] as themes, and explore issues such as [[racism]] and the interaction between [[Asia]]n, [[Europe]]an, and [[North America]]n culture. The subject matter of her poetry has ranged from political strife to [[eroticism]].
 ==Published works==