D. C. Chambial
Duni Chand Chambial,was a contemporary bilingual poet from Himachal Pradesh and a critic who, as an editor in chief, edited Poetcrit, a reviewed international journal for more than three decades. Chambial appeared as an Indian English poet by publishing his first volume, Broken Images, in 1983. He rooted himself as a poet in Indian English Poetry with the continuous publication of his several other English poetry collections and one in Hindi.
List of works
Poetry collections
Broken Images, Samkaleen Prakashan, New Delhi, IndiaThe Poetry OF Himachal Pradesh, edited, Poetry Publications, Aska, IndiaThe Cargoes of the Bleeding Hearts & Other Poems, Golden Books of India, Calcutta, IndiaHimpaat, Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaPerceptions, Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India Gyrating Hawks & Sinking Roads, Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India Before The Petals Unfold, Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaThis Promising Age and Other Poems, Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaCollected Poems: 1979 – 2004, Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India Mellow Tones, Publish America, Baltimore, United StatesWords, Aadi Publications, Jaipur, IndiaWords: 1979–2010 Aadi Publications, Jaipur, IndiaHour of Antipathy, Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaSongs of Sonority and Hope, Authorpress, New Delhi, India.Song of Light and Other Poems: 2017-2020, Aadi Publications, Jaipur, India.Criticism
Death and Suffering in the Poetry of Krishna Srinivas, Poet Publications, Chennai, India The Theme of Death and Suffering in the Poetry of O. P. Bhatnagar, Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh India English Poetry in India: A Secular Viewpoint, Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur, India.Awards and honours
In recognition of his achievements Professor Chambial has received several awards and honours, among them:- Lachian Art Letters Bronze Medal, 1987 Trans-World Poetry Exposition, Campbell, California ;
- 7th Poetry Day Australia, Australia Bicentenary, Gold medal, 26 August 1988;
- Poetry Day Australia, Ist decade Bronze Medal, 1991–92;
- Certificate for Excellence as International Writer, 30 April 1992, Directory of International Writers ;
- POETCRIT: Poetry Magazine of the Year, 1995 by International Writers Association;
- Michael Madhusudan Academy Award 1995, Michael Madhusudan Academy, Calcutta;
- Poetry Day Australia, Dove in Peace Award, Gold medal, 2000;
- Hon. Member, Governing board of directors, ABI, Raleigh ;
- Second Best Fixed Form Poet of the Year 2003, Competition organized by Metverse Muse, Visakhapatnam ;
- Participated in 6th World Poetry Day organized under the aegis of Sikkim Akademy, Gangtok ;
- "Life Time Achievement Award" by Poetry Intercontinental, Chennai, 2009.