Raman Mundair

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Biography

Raman Mundair is a writer and artist. She was born in India and raised in Manchester and Leicester and lives in Scotland. She is the author of two volumes of poetry: A Choreographer's Cartography (2007) and Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves (2003); and the play, The Algebra of Freedom (2007), produced to great acclaim by 7:84 Theatre Company. In 2006 she also collaborated with the National Theatre Scotland and Òran Mòr - A Play, A Pie, A Pint on Side Effects, a one-act play. As an artist she makes work that represents text and narrative in a visual form. Her work has been exhibited at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, City Art Gallery, Leicester and Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin.

In 2009, Raman was chosen as one of two British writers to participate in the Word Express, Literature Across Frontiers project. Word Express takes 20 young writers from 12 European countries by train through South-East Europe to Turkey where they will spend five days reading, exploring the city, meeting young Turkish writers and taking part in the Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival and the Istanbul Book Fair. In 2008 Raman was nominated for the prestigious Rolex Mentor and Protégé Award, in 2007 won a Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award and in 2006, was runner up in the Penguin Decibel Prize (Short Fiction).

She has also been awarded the prestigious Arts Council England International Fellowship at the India International Centre in Delhi and several Scottish Arts Council Fellowships. In 2008 she was appointed as a Scottish Poetry Library Poet Partner for East Dumbarton and a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellow at the Hotel Chevillon in Grez-sur-Loing, France.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Drama, Essays, Fiction, Poetry

Bibliography

Bittersweet: Contemporary Black Women's Poetry   (contributor)   The Women's Press, 1998

The Fire People: A Collection of Contemporary Black British Poets   (contributor)   Payback Press, 1998

The Redbeck Anthology of British South Asian Poetry   (contributor)   Redbeck, 2000

Atlas   (contributor)   Aark Arts, 2002

Swedish Reflections   (contributor)   Arcadia, 2003

Lovers, Liars, Conjurors and Thieves   Peepal Tree Press, 2003

Freedom Spring   (contributor)   Waverley Books, 2005

Addicted to Brightness   (contributor)   Long Lunch Press, 2006

A Choreographer's Cartography   Peepal Tree Press, 2007

The Algebra of Freedom   Aurora Metro, 2007

One Poem in Search of a Translator: Re-writing 'Les Fenêtres' by Apollinaire   (contributor)   Peter Lang, 2009

Red   (contributor)   Peepal Tree Press, 2009

The New Anthem   (contributor)   Tranquebar Press, 2009

Read about books by Raman Mundair at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Raman Mundair at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

2007   Penguin Decibel Prize (Short Fiction)   (shortlist)

2007   Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Peepal Tree Press 17 Kings Avenue Leeds  LS6 1QS England Tel: +44 (0)113 245 1703 E-mail: contact@peepaltreepress.com http://www.peepaltreepress.com

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Related links

http:/ / www.ramanmundair.com

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