Yuyutsu Sharma

Yuyutsu R.D. (Ram Dass) Sharma (born January 5,

1960) is a widely traveled and acclaimed Nepalese /
Indian writer who was born at Nakodar, Punjab and grew
up in Nakodar and later at Nangal Township of Shivalik
ranges of Mahabharata Hills where his father worked. He
moved to Nepal at an early age and now writes in English
and Nepali. Half the year he travels extensively to read
from his works and conduct creative writing workshops at
various universities in the United States and Europe, but
goes trekking in the Himalayas when back home.[1][2]

eral prestigious places including Poetry Caf, London,

Seamus Heaney Center for Poetry, Belfast, New York
University, New York, Western Writers Center, Galway,
Bowery Poetry Place, New York, The Kring, Amsterdam, P.E.N. Paris, Knox College, Illinois, Whittier College, California, Baruch College, New York, WB Yeats
Center, Sligo, Gustav Stressemann Institute, Bonn, Rubin
Museum, New York, Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, The
Guardian Newsroom, London, Trois Rivieres Poetry Festival, Quebec, Arnoni, Bristol, Borders, London, Slovenian Book Days, Ljubljana, March Hare, Newfoundland, Canada, Royal Society of Dramatic Arts, London,
Gunter Grass House, Bremen, GTZ, Kathmandu, Ruigo1 Life and career
ord, Amsterdam, Nehru Center, London, Frankfurt Book
Fair, Frankfurt, Indian International Center, New Delhi,
Sharma was educated at Nakodar under the supervision and Villa Serbelloni, Italy.
of his maternal grandfather, Dheru Ram and grew up in He has held workshop in creative writing and translaa very religious atmosphere with his mother, Shanti Devi tion at Queens University, Belfast, University of Ottawa
and at the age of nine became a shaman as he was thought and South Asian Institute, Heidelberg University, Gerto be possessed by a serpent spirit, his family deity. He many, University of California, Davis, Sacramento State
came under the impression of Naga ascetics whom his fa- University, California and New York University, New
ther, Madan Lal, revered, but later followed the course of York. He was at the Poetry Parnassus Festival organized
Western education and received his early education rst at to celebrate London Olympics 2012 where he represented
DAV college, Nakodar, Punjab, and later at Baring Union Nepal and India. Currently, he is in New York as a VisChristan College, Batala and University of Rajasthan. iting Poet at New York University.
Yuyutsu remained active in the literary circles of RaHe has published nine poetry collections including, Nine
jasthan and acted in plays by Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht,
New York Poems : A Prelude to'A Blizzard in my Bones,
Harold Pinter, and Edward Albee. Later he taught at
Milarepas Bones, Helambu:33 New Poems,,[6] Space
various campuses of Punjab University, Chandigarh and
Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and
Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu.
America,,[7] Annapurna Poems,[8] and Everest Failures.[9]
Yuyutsu quit teaching at Tribhuwan University in 1996
A collection of his poems in French, entitled Pomes
and opted the career of a free lance writer. He also
de l'Himalaya appeared from L'Harmattan, Paris in
started visiting the Annapurna region of Western Nepal
2009.[10]
regularly but only in 2006 published his work devoted to
the region as The Lake Fewa and a Horse[3] and later in Currently, he edits Pratik, A Magazine of Contemporary
2008, Annapurna Poems, Selected and New.[4] He also Writing and contributes literary columns to Nepals leadmet German Photographer, Andreas Stimm at Frankfurt ing daily, The Himalayan Times.
book fair in 2004 and his collaboration with Stimm resulted in three books of picture/poetry book in black and
white, currently put thereto in a 900-page volume, Nepal 2 Poetry
Trilogy:Photographs and Poetry on Annapurna, Everest,
Helambu & Langtang.[5]
Nine New York Poems: A Prelude toA Blizzard in my
Bones: New York Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2014

Recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller

Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production
and Translation of Dutch Literature, Yuyutsu RD Sharma
is a distinguished poet and translator.

Milarepas Bones, Helambu:33 New Poems, Nirala,

New Delhi, 2012

A widely traveled author, he has read his works at sev1

The Nepal Trilogy I-III Photographs and Poetry about the Nepal areas of Annapurna, Ever-

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est, Helambu & Langtang, www.Nepal-Trilogy.de,
www.Nepal-Trilogie.de) (english-deutsch, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany, 2010

Roaring Recitals: Five Nepali Poets, (Gopal Prasad

Rimal, Bhupi Sherchan & Others) (Translated from
the Nepali),Nirala, New Delhi

www.AroundAnnapurna.de: A photographic and

Poetic Journey around Annapurnas, Nepal, Epsilonmedia, Karlsruhe Germany

Kathmandu: Poems Selected and New (An English/Nepali Bilingual Edition), Cathal O Searcaigh,
Translated from the Gaelic by Seamus Heaney, John
Montague and others; Translated into the Nepali, Nirala, New Delhi

www.WayToEverest.de:A photographic and Poetic

Journey to the Foot of Everest, Epsilonmedia,
Karlsruhe Germany, 2006
Annapurna Poems, Nirala, New Delhi, 2008
Everest Failures, White Lotus Book Shop, Kathmandu 2008

5 Edited
Elysium in the Halls of Hell, 1991,Poems about India
by David Ray, Nirala, New Delhi,

The Lake Fewa and a Horse, Poems New, Nirala,

New Delhi, 2005, 2009

Dispossessed Nests: The 1984 Poems, 1986, by

Jayanta Mahapatra, Nirala, New Delhi,

Pomes de l'Himalaya, trans. by Nicole Barrire and

Camille Bloomeld, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2009

Bagar: An Asian Poetry Special Number, (198990)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Poemas De Los Himalayas: Bilingual Spanish/English Poetry Collection, Translated into Spanish with an Introduction by Veronica Aranda,
2010,Cosmopoeticia, Cordoba, Spain

General Editor, Nirala Series (Since 1989)

Hunger of our Huddled Huts & other Poems, Nirala,

New Delhi, 1989, 2011
A Prayer in Daylight, Poems, Nirala, Jaipur, 1984

Non-Fiction
Annapurnas and Stains of Blood (Travelogue), Nirala, New Delhi, 2010

Baghdad, February 1991, A Bilingual Nepali /English Edition, Ronny Someck, Translated into Nepali
by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Nirala Publications, New
Delhi, 2010

Space Cake Amsterdam and other Poems from Europe and America, Howling Dog Press, Colorado,
2009

Some Female Yeti & other Poems, Nirala, New

Delhi,1995

REFERENCES

Translations
Dying in Rajasthan, 1985, Short Stories by Ramanand Rathi, (Translated from the Hindi), Nirala,
New Delhi
Folk Tales of Sherpa & Yeti, 2008, Shiva Dhakal
(Translated from the Nepali), Nirala, New Delhi

Guest Editor, Omega, Special Issue on Nepali Poetry (www.howlingdogpress.com) with Michael Annis, Howling Dog Press
Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing, since
1990
Pratiks Special Dutch issue (2007 Spring Issue) with
Harry Zevenbergen as Guest Editor
Pratiks Special British issue (2007 Summer Fall Issue) with Pascale Petit as Guest Editor
Ten: The New Indian Poets;Edited with Jayanta Mahapatra, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 2013

6 References
[1] Sharma, Yuyutsu Rd. About Yuyutsu. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
[2] Hunter, Poem. Biography of Yuyutsu Sharma. Poemhunter. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
[3] The Lake Fewa & A Horse. Nirala. 2006. p. 86. ISBN
818569334X.

[4] Annapurna Poems (Hardcover). Nirala. 2008. p. 150.

ISBN 8182500133. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
[5] Nepal-Trilogy: Annapurna, Everest, Helambu & Langtang
(EBOOK). 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
[6] R. D., Yuyutsu (2012). Milarepas Bones, Helambu
33 New Poems. Nirala Publications. p. 49. ISBN
9788182500327. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
[7] Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). Space Cake, Amsterdam,
& Other Poems from Europe and America. Howling Dog
Press. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
[8] Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2008). Annapurna Poems (Hardcover). p. 150. ISBN 8182500133. Retrieved February
22, 2013.
[9] Sharma, Yuyutsu RD. Everest Failures (Paperback). Nirala. p. 40. ISBN 818250046X. Retrieved February 22,
2013.
[10] Sharma, Yuyutsu RD (2009). POMES DE L'HIMALAYA
(book) (in French). p. 80. ISBN 978-2-296-10213-2.

External links
Ocial Yuyutsu Sharma website
Publications website
Blog//Yuyutsu RD Sharma Blog
of Voices
NYU Reading Series
Nepal Trilogy
Interview: The Applicant, A Kathmandu-based Literary Journal
Ray, David. An Indo-American Friendship.
<http://www.davidraypoet.com> March 28, 2003.
poetryvlog.com, Yuyutsu R. D. Sharmas www.
poetryvlog.com/ysharma.html.
Reporter, THT. Journey to Everest. The Himalayan Times May 11, 2006: 12.
Reporter, NF. Book Review. Newsfront September 17, 2008.
Sakar, Sailendra. Images from Annapurnas. May
11, 2006: 12.
Searcaigh, Cathal O. Book Review. Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, 2006.
Dasgupta, Sucheta. Of Rasa, Rhyme 'n Realism.
The Himalayan Times February 17, 2005: 10.

Dhital, Rita. A Walk Around the Annapurnas.

The Himalayan Times December 11, 2005: 7.
Feast, Jim. Poetry Rounding Out the Edges. The
Brooklyn Rail July/August 2008: 22.
Ganesh Ghimire, Masters Thesis, Blending Poetry
and Photograph, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu
Sharma, Yuyutsu RD. Annapurna Poems.
Delhi: Nirala Publications, 2008.

New

Migdol, Robin, Poetry from the top of the

world. The California Aggie March 30,
http://www.theaggie.org/2010/02/04/
2012:
poetry-from-the-top-of-the-world/
Sharma, Yuyutsu RD and Andreas Stimm. www.
AroundAnnapurnas.de- a photographic and poetic
journey around the Annapurnas, Nepal. Germany:
Epsilonmedia, 2005.
www.WayToEverest.de- a photographic and poetic
journey to the foot of Everest. Germany: Epsilonmedia, 2006
Woods, Eddie. To Be a Poet is a Noble Profession.
Amsterdam Weekly, 9.39 ( December 814, 2004):
11.
Das, Nabina, A Trek with the Buddha Bard,
A review of ANNAPURNA POEMS: Poems
New & Collected, 2008 http://dansemacabre.art.
officelive.com/atrekwiththebuddhabard.aspx

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