Mamta Sagar, India

Mamta Sagar, born in 1966, is an Indian poet writing in Kannada language. She has four collections of poems, four plays and a collection of essays on Gender, Language, Literature and Culture for her credit. She has conducted theatre and poetry workshops in India and abroad, culminating with readings and productions for women, children and people from marginalized communities. Her poems are translated into many Indian languages including English, apart from Vietnamese, Cebuano, Spanish and French and have seen publication in various journals and poetry anthologies in those respective languages. As a poet, Mamta has participated in Poetry Africa, Medellin, Cuba, Vietnam and Granada poetry festivals. With a specialization in Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, Kannada Literature and Cultural Discourse, she teaches at the Centre for Kannada Studies, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore University and lives in Bangalore, India.