Time for poetry

Renowned Mauritian poet Umar Timol will recite poems at ‘Poetry Time’ to be held at Abhinaya City Centre in Thiruvananthapuram at 10 am on August 4. The event is being organised by Abhinaya Theatre Research Center Kerala and Ideas in Progress.

Umar Timol has three poetry collections to his name besides two novels. He has also published a collection of aphorisms, and writes comic book scripts. He has received two Centre National du Livre grants, and taken part in festivals around the world including the Medellin International Poetry Festival in Colombia and the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam. In 2018, he took part in the Iowa International Writing Programme.

Together with poet friends, he publishes Point-Barre poetry magazine. His works have been translated to several languages including German, Dutch, Romanian, and Arabic. His collection 52 Fragments Pour L’aimée was published in 2018 with a Spanish translation by Rocio Ugalde. He is a photographer in his spare time and is working on an exhibition that mixes portraits and text.