Anamika (born 17 August 1961) is a prominent contemporary Indian poet, social worker and novelist writing in Hindi, and a critic writing in English.
She has eight collections of poetry, five novels and four works of criticism in her credit. Currently, she is Reader at the Department of English, Satyawati College, University of Delhi.
Anamika studied at the Universities of Bihar, Muzaffarpur, Lucknow and Delhi. Her PhD thesis was on "Donne Criticism through the Ages" and her post-doctoral research on "The Treatment of Love and Death in Post-war American Women Poets". Her current topic of research as a fellow at Teen Murti Bhawan, Delhi is "A Comparative Study of Women in Contemporary British and Hindi poetry".
Bibliography
Poetry
Galat Pate ki Chithi
Beejakshar
Anushtup
Doob-Dhaan
Khurduri Hatheliyan
Tokari Me Digant
Novels
Das dvaare ka Peenjara
Tinka Tinke Paas
Billu Shakespeare - Post Bastar
Criticism
Post-Eliot Poetry
Streetva ka Manchitra
Translations
Nagamandal
Afro-English Poems
Kahti hai Auratein
Awards
Kedar Samman (2007)
Sahityasetu Samman (2004)
Parampara Samman (2001)
Girija Mathur Samman (1998)
Sahityakar Samman (1998)
Bharat Bhushan Award for Poetry (1996)