Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava

By Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

"Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" a poetry collection by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis consists of sixty-eight wartime poems in English on the current Russia-Ukraine armed conflict. The bilingual edition of "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (Любовні листи до України

• Language: English
• Publisher: River Paw Press
• Release date: Nov 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781736687161

Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is an Indian-American poet, writer, filmmaker, and author of six poetry collections, including her latest, "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (River Paw Press, 2023), and "Trespassing My Ancestral Lands," forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Her works have appeared in notable journals such as "World Literature Today," "Columbia Journal," "Tupelo Quarterly," "Cold Mountain Review," "Indian Literature," "Vsesvit," Silk Routes" (IWP) at The University of Iowa, and Stanford University's "Life in Quarantine." Kalpna Singh-Chitnis has been referenced in renowned publications such as the New York Times and Huffington Post, and featured in The Telegraph, OC Register, Los Angeles Times, Daily Pilot, and others. She has made appearances on major broadcasting platforms like ABC Channel 7, Voice of America, Fox News, India's National TV Network, Doordarshan, KPFK Radio, and various additional television and radio networks. Her poetry has been translated into twenty languages and has been included in college and university curricula in India and in the UK. Her bilingual poetry collection "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava," translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk, a poet and Lieutenant Colonel of The Armed Forces of Ukraine, was a finalist in the 2023 "International Book Awards" presented by American Book Fest. She has read at the International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb), Sahitya Akademi, India's highest academy of letters, AWP Conferences, Poets & Writers, and other venues internationally. A Pushcart Prize nominee and a finalist in the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award, she is also the recipient of the "Naji Naaman Literary Prize," "Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award," and "Bihar Rajbhasha Award," given by the government of Bihar, India. Poems from her award-winning book "Bare Soul" and her poetry film "River of Songs" have been included in the "Nova Collection" and the "Polaris Collection" of the Lunar Codex, set to travel to the moon with NASA's missions. A former lecturer of Political Science and Editor-in-Chief of "Life and Legends," she works as an independent filmmaker in Hollywood and serves as an Advocacy Member at the United Nations Association of the USA. Website: www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com

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