Yuyutsu Sharma

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Gender	Male
Industry	Publishing
Location	Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
Links	Audio Clip
Introduction	Yuyutsu Sharma is one of the few poets in the world who make their living with poetry. Named as “The world-renowned Himalayan poet,” (The Guardian) “One-Man Academy” (The Kathmandu Post) and “Himalayan Neruda” (Mike Graves), Yuyutsu is a vibrant force on the world poetry stage. He is also recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature. Author of eleven poetry collections, most recently, Lost Horoscope, Yuyutsu has read his works at several prestigious places and held workshops in creative writing and translation at Queen’s University, Belfast, University of Ottawa and Heidelberg University, Germany, Beijing Open University, New York University, New York and Columbia University, New York. Half the year, he travels and reads all over the world and conducts Creative Writing workshops at various universities in North America and Europe but goes trekking in the Himalayas when back home. Currently, Yuyutsu Sharma edits Pratik: A Quarterly Magazine of Contemporary Writing.
Interests	Trekking in The Himalayas
Favorite Movies	Short film about love
Favorite Music	Nepali
Favorite Books	Grapes of Wrath

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