Yuyutsu Sharma

[1]Yuyutsu R.D. (Ram Dass) Sharma (born January 5, 1960) is a Nepalese-Indian poet and journalist. He was born at Nakodar, Punjab and moved to Nepal at an early age. He writes in English and Nepali.[2][3]

Yuyutsu Sharma
Sharma, photographed at a poetry reading in Elyria, Ohio
BornJanuary 5, 1960
Nakodar, Punjab, India
OccupationPoet editor writer translator
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan, Tribhuvan University
GenresIndian poetry, Nepali poetry
Website
niralapublications.com/nirala-authors/yuyutsu-rd-sharma/

Life and career

Sharma was educated at Nakodar. received his early education first at DAV College, Nakodar, Punjab, and later at Baring Union Christian College, Batala and University of Rajasthan. Yuyutsu remained active in the literary circles of Rajasthan and acted in plays by Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Harold Pinter, and Edward Albee. Later he taught at various campuses of Punjab University, Chandigarh and Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu.

Sharma was educated at Nakodar. In 2006, he published The Lake Fewa and a Horse[4] and later in 2008, Annapurna Poems, Selected and New.[5] He also met German Photographer, Andreas Stimm in 2004 and his collaboration with Stimm resulted in three books of picture/poetry: Nepal Trilogy:Photographs and Poetry on Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang.[6]

He has published nine poetry collections including, Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake, A Blizzard in my Bones :New York Poems', Milarepa's Bones, Helambu:33 New Poems,,[7] Space Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and America,,[8] Annapurna Poems,[9] and Everest Failures.[10]

A collection of his poems in French, entitled Poèmes de l'Himalaya appeared from L'Harmattan, Paris in 2009.[11].

Poetry
  • The Second Buddha Walk: Inspired by the Second Buddha: Master of Time Exhibit at Rubin Museum, New York , Nirala, New Delhi, 2018
  • Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems , Nirala, New Delhi, 2016
  • A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2016
  • Nine New York Poems: A Prelude to‘A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems’, Nirala, New Delhi, 2014
  • Milarepa's Bones, Helambu:33 New Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2012
  • The Nepal Trilogy I-III Photographs and Poetry about the Nepal areas of Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang, www.Nepal-Trilogy.de,·www.Nepal-Trilogie.de) (english-deutsch, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany, 2010
  • www.AroundAnnapurna.de: A photographic and Poetic Journey around Annapurnas, Nepal, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany
  • www.WayToEverest.de:A photographic and Poetic Journey to the Foot of Everest, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany, 2006
  • Annapurna Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2008
  • Everest Failures, White Lotus Book Shop, Kathmandu 2008
  • Space Cake Amsterdam and other Poems from Europe and America, Howling Dog Press, Colorado, 2009
  • The Lake Fewa and a Horse, Poems New, Nirala, New Delhi, 2005, 2009
  • Poèmes de l'Himalaya, trans. by Nicole Barrière and Camille Bloomfield, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2009
  • Poemas De Los Himalayas: Bilingual Spanish/English Poetry Collection, Translated into Spanish with an Introduction by Veronica Aranda, 2010, Cosmopoeticia, Cordoba, Spain
  • Some Female Yeti & other Poems, Nirala, New Delhi,1995
  • Hunger of our Huddled Huts & other Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 1989, 2011
  • A Prayer in Daylight, Poems, Nirala, Jaipur, 1984

Non-Fiction
  • Annapurnas and Stains of Blood (Travelogue), Nirala, New Delhi, 2010

Translations
  • Dying in Rajasthan, 1985, Short Stories by Ramanand Rathi, (Translated from the Hindi), Nirala, New Delhi
  • Folk Tales of Sherpa & Yeti, 2008, Shiva Dhakal (Translated from the Nepali), Nirala, New Delhi
  • Roaring Recitals: Five Nepali Poets, (Gopal Prasad Rimal, Bhupi Sherchan & Others) (Translated from the Nepali), Nirala, New Delhi
  • Kathmandu: Poems Selected and New (An English/Nepali Bilingual Edition), Cathal O’ Searcaigh, Translated from the Gaelic by Seamus Heaney, John Montague, and others; Translated into the Nepali, Nirala, New Delhi
  • Baghdad, February 1991, A Bilingual Nepali /English Edition, Ronny Someck, Translated into Nepali by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2010
  • Mother’s Hand: Selected Poems — A Bilingual English/Nepali Anthology by Jidi Majai , Translated into Nepali by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2020

Edited
  • Elysium in the Halls of Hell, 1991, Poems about India by David Ray, Nirala, New Delhi,
  • Dispossessed Nests: The 1984 Poems, 1986, by Jayanta Mahapatra, Nirala, New Delhi,
  • Bagar: An Asian Poetry Special Number, (1989–90) Kathmandu, Nepal
  • General Editor, Nirala Series (Since 1989)
  • Guest Editor, Omega, Special Issue on Nepali Poetry (www.howlingdogpress.com) with Michael Annis, Howling Dog Press
  • Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing, since 1990
  • Pratik's Special Dutch issue (2007 Spring Issue) with Harry Zevenbergen as Guest Editor
  • Pratik's Special British issue (2007 Summer-Fall Issue) with Pascale Petit as Guest Editor
  • Ten: The New Indian Poets; Edited with Jayanta Mahapatra, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2013
  • Drunken Boat's Special Nepal Folio, Himalayan Arts,2017

References
  1. Perekli, Feriha, author. From dissension to accommodation : Islamist moderation in Turkey and Morocco. ISBN 9781303251320. OCLC 915823325.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Sharma, Yuyutsu Rd. "About Yuyutsu". Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. Hunter, Poem. "Biography of Yuyutsu Sharma". Poemhunter. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  4. The Lake Fewa & A Horse. Nirala. 2006. p. 86. ISBN 818569334X.
  5. Annapurna Poems (Hardcover). Nirala. 2008. p. 150. ISBN 978-8182500136.
  6. Nepal-Trilogy: Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang (ebook). 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  7. R. D., Yuyutsu (2012). Milarepa's Bones, Helambu 33 New Poems. Nirala Publications. p. 49. ISBN 9788182500327. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  8. Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). Space Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and America. Howling Dog Press. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  9. Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2008). Annapurna Poems (Hardcover). p. 150. ISBN 978-8182500136.
  10. Sharma, Yuyutsu RD. Everest Failures (Paperback). Nirala. p. 40. ISBN 818250046X.
  11. Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). POÈMES DE L'HIMALAYA (book) (in French). p. 80. ISBN 978-2-296-10213-2.
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