Prafull Shiledar

Prafull Shiledar is a prominent voice in contemporary Marathi poetry. He has four poetry volumes in Marathi, two in Hindi, six translated books, six edited books and a book of non-fiction writing. Volumes of his poetry in translation are published in English, Kannada, Punjabi and Odia. His poems are translated into many other languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Gujarati, Nepali, Manipuri, Dakhani, Slovak, Turkish and German. He is the recipient of Kavi Keshavsut and Kavi Kusumagraj Award for his poetry. He writes in Marathi and Hindi. He has translated Indian, European, American and Latin American poetry into Marathi and Hindi. He is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi translation award, Balshastri Jambhekar award and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi award for translation. He is the editor of the Marathi literary quarterly Ýugvani and published special issues on Arun Kolatkar, Franz Kafka and others. He has read poetry across India, Europe, USA and Middle East. He was a fellow writer in the International Writer’s Residency Program organized by Art Omi, New York during Spring 2025.