Akhil Katyal
Illustration — Akhil Katyal in 2025 Akhil Katyal (born 1985 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian poet, translator, scholar and a queer activist.
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Katyal has published four books of poems: The Last Time I Saw You, Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems, How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross, and Night Charge Extra. During fall 2016, he was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa. He was the recipient of the Vijay Nambisan Poetry Fellowship for the year 2021. In 2018, he translated Ravish Kumar's book of Hindi poems Ishq Mein Shahar Hona as A City Happens in Love. In 2020, he co-edited The World that Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia. His work appears in Jeet Thayil (ed.) The Penguin Book of Indian Poets (2022). In the summer of 2022, he guest edited a special issue on 'New Indian English Poetry' for Poetry at Sangam. In 2026, his book of poems The Last Time I Saw You won The Wise Owl Literary Award for poetry. Katyal is from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has taught creative writing at Ambedkar University Delhi.
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- 1.Jeet Thayil. The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. 2022. 9789354925108.
- 2.This Poet's Fiery Poem on Same-Sex Love Celebrates SC Verdict. 6 September 2018.
- 3.A South Asian queer poetry anthology seeks to represent the community's everyday realities - Firstpost. firstpost.com.
- 4.Katyal, Akhil. Delhi Queer Pride: Ten short poems by a city-based queer poet to mark a decade of pride. Scroll.in.
- 5.'Delhi is capable of its moments of liberation': Akhil Katyal on being a queer poet and his undying love for the Capital. The Indian Express. 2018-01-29.
- 6.VagaBomb. A Poet for the Millennials: Akhil Katyal on Resistance, Desire, and Everything in Between. 2016-10-20.
- 7.You too violate 377: Akhil Katyal's poem lays bare India's hypocrisy. dailyo.in.
- 8.Extract: Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems by Akhil Katyal. hindustantimes.com.
- 9.Tiwary, Varsha. A Multilingual Poem Reminds the Reader of the World that We Actually Inhabit: Akhil Katyal. Frontline. 2024-09-15.
- 10.Akhil KATYAL The International Writing Program. iwp.uiowa.edu.
- 11.Speaking Tiger Books. A City Happens in Love (Ishq Mein Shahar Hona). speakingtigerbooks.com.
- 12.Excerpt: The World That Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia Edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal. hindustantimes.com.
- 13.The Penguin Book of Indian Poets — a feast of literature. Financial Times. 2022-05-17.
- 14.July 2022 Poetry at Sangam.
- 15.Chandigarh: Poets, authors honoured at Wise Owl Literary Awards. Hindustan Times. 2026-02-13.
- 16.Delhiwale: Meet the Jangpura Extension poet. hindustantimes.com/. 2017-05-15.
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