Pervin SAKET (poet, novelist, editor; India) is the author of the novel Urmila (2016), the poetry collection A Tinge of Turmeric (2009), and a series of ten biographies in verse for children. She won the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize in 2021 and was awarded the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Fellowship the same year. Her most recent poetry manuscript was a finalist for the Gaudy Boy Prize and the Wheelbarrow Books Prize 2024. She works as an editor for academic textbooks, serves as the poetry editor for The Bombay Literary Magazine, and is currently writing her second novel. Her participation is made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. 

Countries
India
Languages
English
Session
2024
Pervin Saket