HYDERABAD: The winner of this year’s prestigious Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize is Delhi-based poet Goirick Brahmachari who is also an Economics research consultant. He was chosen from among the entries sent by 150 contestants from across the country. The contest was judged by a jury consisting of the noted poet, Keki Daruwalla, and Anna Kurian and Girish Pawar of Department of English, University of Hyderabad (UoH). This award is much recognised as a significant one for creative writing in India.
The Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize was instituted by the Hyderabad-based Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognise excellence in poetry written in English by poets in the age group of 20-40 years. The winner is from Silchar, Assam. His first collection of poems, For the ‘Love of Pork’, was recently published by Les Editions du Zaporogue, Denmark. His chapbook of poems, ‘Joining the Dots’, is forthcoming from Nivasini Publishers, Hyderabad.