ABOUT
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Sonnet's latest appearance at the Odisha Art & Literature Festival, Bhubaneswar on 10th and 11th June 2017.
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Sonnet won the Gayatri Gamarsh Memorial award for literary excellence 2016
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Sonnet Mondal is the author of Ink and Line and five other books of poetry. Winner of the 2016 Gayatri Gamarsh Memorial award for literary excellence, Mondal was one of the authors of the ‘Silk Routes’ project of the IWP, University of Iowa, from 2014 to 2016. He is the editor-in-chief of the Enchanting Verses Literary Review, and lives in Kolkata. His recent works have appeared in the publications of Mcneese State University, Sahitya Academi, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Western New England University, University of Saskatchewan, Youngstown State University, Stockholm University, University of South Alabama, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse and University of North Carolina among others.
"Sonnet Mondal’s poems are nostalgic. They evoke an unabashed love for the rural as contrary to the urban. This is their dialectic. They infuse images of nature and the countryside. The poems evoke images at once real and stark. The reader may find love, and longing here but at best the poems are conundrums."
The Thumb Print Magazine, February, 2015
The Thumb Print Magazine, February, 2015
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"The poems in the collection, Ink and Line, demystify the paintings and the paintings demythologize the poems which gives a clear comprehension of this artistic collection of the ekphrastic poetry. The book is a marvelous gift to the lovers of poetry."
The Rising Kashmir News, 2015
The Rising Kashmir News, 2015
"Sonnet Mondal is a poet strong in contemporary idiom because he seems to know the changing contours of the modern world of poetry."
Muse India Journal (Issue 44)
Muse India Journal (Issue 44)
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BEYOND BORDERS
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"Sonnet's approach to penning poetry is distinct & has a charm of its own. Past and present juxtaposes in his poems.The poems move in three dimensions and have sometimes a three dimensional effect on the back ground of life."
The Journal, Poetry Society of India, 2013 Issue
The Journal, Poetry Society of India, 2013 Issue
Ars Poetica to start with, showcased a stunning interactive presentation of Sangeeta Majumdar’s Kathak dance in consonance with Sonnet Mondal’s poetry. The audience was enthralled by the near mystical atmosphere created through mythical poetry knitted skillfully into the vibrant dance performance.
The Hindu, December 12, 2016
The Hindu, December 12, 2016
Poetry at sangam october 2017
Sonnet is the Guest Editor for Poetry at Sangam's October issue themed on Conflict/Tenderness.
"A rueful new poem for April on romance, regret and repetition."
Asia Literary Review, 2016
Our team of editors has identified your piece, "April and My Plastic Sunflowers" as a beacon of light in the world of flight.
Willard and Maple, Chaplain College, Vermont, 2016
“Sukrita collaborates with Sonnet Mondal in ‘Ink and Line’, where her paintings and sketches stand side by side with Mondal’s words, adding yet another layer to the book.”
The Hindu, 2014
Asia Literary Review, 2016
Our team of editors has identified your piece, "April and My Plastic Sunflowers" as a beacon of light in the world of flight.
Willard and Maple, Chaplain College, Vermont, 2016
“Sukrita collaborates with Sonnet Mondal in ‘Ink and Line’, where her paintings and sketches stand side by side with Mondal’s words, adding yet another layer to the book.”
The Hindu, 2014
