Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar
Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar’s is one of the significant post-independence voices in Hindi and Indian English poetry, expressing the lyricism and pathos, aspirations and yearnings of the modern Indian intellect. Rooted deep into the Indian soil, his poems reflect not only the moods of a poet but of a complex age.
Born : 26 June 1926: Jhansi (U.P.), Edu. : M.A. (1948), Ph.D. (1957) from Nagpur University; Retd. Professor.
Several volumes of poetry in English and other languages are published, viz.
In French ‘A MODERN INDIAN POET : Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar : UN POČTE INDIEN ET MODERNE;
In English ¨ Forty Poems of Mahendra Bhatnagar ¨ After The Forty Poems ¨ Exuberance and other poems ¨ Dr.Mahendra Bhatnagar’s Poetry ¨ Death Perception : Life Perception ¨ Passion and Compassion ¨ Poems : For A Better World ¨ A Handful of Light ¨ Lyric-Lute. etc.
Poems are translated in most of the Indian languages.
Published research & critical studies :
(1) Living Through Challenges : A Study of Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar’s Poetry
(2) Poet Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar : His Mind And Art.
Adviser — ‘POETCRIT’.
At present — Reasearch Guide in many Indian Universities.
Each person is but a grain of sand resting beside the sea. This thought sets the tone for Jill Eisnaugle’s latest poetry collection, Beside Still Waters.