Vihang Ashokkumar Naik (born 1969), is an Indian poet writing in English and translates poetry from Gujarati into English.
Early life and education
Vihang A Naik was born in Surat, South Gujarat on September 2, 1969. He did his BA in English and Philosophy in the year 1993 and did an MA in English Literature and Indian Literature in translation in the year 1995, all from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He received his primary education during 1983 from Navrachana School , Vadodara. Gujarat. India.
Career
He is India’s contemporary poet writing in English. His poems have appeared in such literary journals as The Indian P.E.N, Indian Literature : A Sahitya Akademi Bi-Monthly Journal, Kavya Bharati, POESIS: A Journal of Poetry Circle, Mumbai, The Journal of The Poetry Society (India), The Journal of Indian Writing In English, The Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, The Poetry Chain among other significant journals.
Four collections of his poetry have been published: Poetry Manifesto: New & Selected Poems (2010), Making A Poem (2004), City Times and Other Poems (1993). His Gujarati collection of poems include Jeevangeet (Gujarati Poems) published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir (Ahmedabad) in 2001, dedicated to the cause of victims of Gujarat Earthquake of January 26, 2001. He also translates poetry written in the Gujarati language into English, including his own Gujarati language poems.
After teaching at Smt. M.C. Desai Arts and Commerce College , Prantij during 1996-97 while commuting from Ahmedabad , he is now an Associate Professor of English at Shree Ambaji Arts College ( Ambaji ) affiliated to Hemchandrachariya North Gujarat University , Patan., since 1797. He has his personlized website at http://vihang.naik.name
