Anant Kumar
Encyclopedia
Anant Kumar is a German author of India
n descent. He resides in Kassel
, Germany
.
’s epic novel Manas.
In his literary works, Kumar connects the experiences of a foreigner in German society with Indian culture. His first work, Fremde Frau, fremder Mann (Foreign Woman, Foreign Man), is characterized by its pithy insights and expressive perceptiveness. The aspects of observational satire and finely ironic comment are constant elements throughout Kumar’s work. In his work Zeru—A Seven Day Story Kumar alludes to the literary form of the epos and brilliantly depicts the colorful array of daily life for an African boy amid wild and ancient myths of the dark continent.
Anant Kumar is a member of the Association of German Authors and the Literary Society of Hessen.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n descent. He resides in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Life
The son of an Indian teacher from Bihar, Kumar went to college from 1991 to 1998 at the GHK (Gesamthochschule Kassel), where he received a Master’s degree in German Literature, writing his thesis on Alfred DöblinAlfred Döblin
Alfred Döblin was a German expressionist novelist, best known for the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz .- 1878–1918:...
’s epic novel Manas.
In his literary works, Kumar connects the experiences of a foreigner in German society with Indian culture. His first work, Fremde Frau, fremder Mann (Foreign Woman, Foreign Man), is characterized by its pithy insights and expressive perceptiveness. The aspects of observational satire and finely ironic comment are constant elements throughout Kumar’s work. In his work Zeru—A Seven Day Story Kumar alludes to the literary form of the epos and brilliantly depicts the colorful array of daily life for an African boy amid wild and ancient myths of the dark continent.
Anant Kumar is a member of the Association of German Authors and the Literary Society of Hessen.
Works
- Fremde Frau - fremder Mann : Ein Inder dichtet in Kassel. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 1997, ISBN 3932497007
- Kasseler Texte : Gedichte, Kurzgeschichten, Beobachtungen, Glossen, Skizzen, Reflexionen. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 1998, ISBN 3932497120
- Die Inderin : Prosa. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 1999, ISBN 3932497325
- ... und ein Stück für Dich : ein Bilderbuch für Kinder und Erwachsene. Geest-Verlag, Ahlhorn 2000, ISBN 3934852297
- Die galoppierende Kuhherde : Essays und andere Prosa. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2001, ISBN 3932497589
- Die uferlosen Geschichten. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2003, ISBN 3937101047
- Drei Kilo Hühner : Grotesken, Glossen, Satiren. Fünf-Finger-Ferlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3980893456
- Zeru : eine siebentägige Geschichte. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2005, ISBN 3937101780
- Indien I: Süß. IATROS-Verlag, Mainz 2006 ISBN 393743948X
- Indien II: Sauer. IATROS-Verlag, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3937439498
- Ein Inder in Deutschland. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2008, ISBN 9783939518914
- Der Mond und seine Langeweile: Ein Bilder- und Malbuch für die großen und kleinen Kinder & für das Kind im Erwachsenen. Epla-Verlag, Ganderkesee 2009, ISBN 9783940554291
- Stories Without Borders. Wiesenburg-Verlag, Schweinfurt 2010, ISBN 3942063417
- ARCHETYPUS. EPLA-Verlag, Ganderkesee 2011, ISBN 978-3940554611
Awards
- 2002: Finalist in the Würth-Literatur-Preis, (Tübingen Poetry-Lectureship)
- 2003: Poeticus-Shortshtory-Preis, Spittal an der Drau
- 2003: Scholarship from Stiftung kunst:raum sylt quelle, Sylt
- 2004: Finalist, May-Ayim-Award (Poetry), Berlin
- 2006: Rudolf-Descher-Feder, Annual Award from Association of Authors IGdA e. V.)
- 2010: Finalist, 14th Short Story Contest, h+s veranstaltungen GmbH, Munich
- 2011: Grant/Scholarship from Ministry of Science and Culture, State of Hess, Germany for the collection of stories “FRIDO – A German Voice”, scheduled in Fall 2011
External links
- Official Internet Debut by Anant Kunar
- D + C Development & Cooperation, Frankfurt/Main: "In the constituency, it doesn't matter" Hans Dembowski und Anant Kumar on "Indian English Literature"
- Interview with Anant Kumar: "Polyphony and Contradictions Are Considered Indispensable in India"
- Words Without Borders, CHICAGO-IL, May 2010: Mean Girls and Bad Boys Poetry by Anant Kumar, Translated from German into English by Marilya Veteto Reese
- THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: DIE POSTKOLONIALE INDISCHE LITERATUR VON AUSSEN NACH INNEN Babilónia nº8/9, pp. 49 – 57, Lissabon, December 2010, Dossier by Anant Kumar