INVC NEWS
New Delhi,
With several literary festival appearances in Macedonia, Ireland, Turkey, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Germany, and Slovakia in the past years, Sonnet will be representing India in an Indo-Hungarian event in Budapest followed by a writer’s residency in U.S.A. Two of Mondal’s poetry books – ‘Karmic 
Chanting’ and ‘Ink and Line’ is also scheduled to be released this month from Copper Coin publishers and Dhauli books respectively. While the former is a collection of mystical poems, the later is an ekphrastic collection containing poems by Sonnet and paintings by Sukrita Paul Kumar. ‘Karmic Chanting’ contains an introduction by Irish poet and editor, Thomas McCarthy and endorsements from eminent poets like Brian Turner, Meena Alexander, K Satchidanandan, and Elena Karina Byrne. Sonnet will be promoting his collections at the annual young writer’s camp in Budapest organized by Fiatal Írók Szövetsége, in July followed by a writers’ residency at the Sierra Neveda College, U.S.A. in August. Apart from readings and literary activities, a solo photography exhibition of the poet will also be held within the college premises in lake Tahoe.
Most recently, Mondal read his poems at the 19th Berlin International Poetry festival and also participated in the annual meeting of partners as the newest international coordinator for the Lyrikline Poetry network, House for Poetry, Berlin. Sonnet hopes to promote more Indian poets in years to come through this collaboration. The poet, who currently acts as one of the directors of the Odisha Art and Literature festival, had a series of events earlier this year. He conducted poetry writing workshops at the 2018 Fairway Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka, and read at this year’s Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai. Before this, in 2017, he represented India at the 10th Istanbul Poetry & Literature festival and is currently working as a guest editor for a special Indian language poetry edition in translation for the Words Without Borders magazine, New York. His recent works can be found in the publications of Kyoto Journal, Rockford Street Review, Mcneese State University, Sahitya Akademi, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Western New England University, University of Saskatchewan, Youngstown State University, Stockholm University, University of South Alabama, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, and University of North Carolina among others.
