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by Vidyan Ravinthiran
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Availability:In StockContributor:Vidyan RavinthiranPublish date:7/8/2025Pages:72
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloodaxe BooksISBN-13:9781780377391ISBN-10:1780377398UPC:9781780377391Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Asian, European, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Animals & NatureSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCY1KESMB4

Avidya

The poems in this collection emerged from journeys of great personal significance, and out of a migrant sensibility tied to three different countries: Sri Lanka, the UK and the USA. Sensuous, droll, yearning, they consider otherwise forgotten (ignored, repressed, erased) events.


In 2017, Vidyan Ravinthiran travelled to the north of Sri Lanka where his parents grew up - it finally felt safe -...


Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloodaxe BooksISBN-13:9781780377391ISBN-10:1780377398UPC:9781780377391Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Asian, European, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Animals & NatureSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCY1KESMB4

Vidyan Ravinthiran was born in Leeds, England, to Sri Lankan Tamils. His first book of poems, Grun-tu-molani (Bloodaxe Books, 2014), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Prize and the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. His second, The Million-petalled Flower of Being Here (Bloodaxe Books, 2019), won a Northern Writers' Award and was a Poetry...

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