Mani RAO

2005 Resident

2009 Resident

Asia
Eastern Asia

Asia
Southern Asia

Asia
Eastern Asia
Hong Kong

Asia
Southern Asia
India

Asia

Chinese

Hindi

Mani RAO is the author of seven books of poetry. Her essays and poems have appeared in Tinfish, Wasafiri, West Coast Line, 91st Meridian, Fulcrum, Zoland Poetry and many anthologies, with translations published in seven languages. Rao is currently completing a poetic translation of the Bhagavad Gītā from Sanskrit.

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In the wake of a finalist position in 2020 in the US National Book Award competition, Pilar QUINTANA’s winning streak continues, with her novel Los abismos receiving the distinguished El Alfaguara prize for 2021.
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On the occasion of the release of her most recent film, They Planted Strange Trees, documenting the lives of an extended Christian Arab family in the Galilee, a long interview with Hind SHOUFANI (’11) appears in Middle East Monitor (MEMO).

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