Ranjit Hoskote

Ranjit Hoskote is a poet, cultural theorist, translator, and curator whose work moves fluidly between the personal and the universal, weaving memory, myth, and history into vivid poetic landscapes. His recent poetry collections—Jonahwhale, Hunchprose, and Icelight—explore themes of loss, longing, and transformation with a voice both intimate and expansive. As a translator, he has brought the timeless verses of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic Lal Ded to a wider audience through I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded, and more recently, he has reimagined the 18th-century Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir’s luminous work in The Homeland’s an Ocean. Beyond his creative pursuits, Hoskote serves on the Editorial Board of the Murty Classical Library of India, published by Harvard University Press, where he helps steward India’s literary heritage for contemporary readers. His multifaceted practice bridges cultures and eras, inviting readers into a richly textured world of ideas and emotions.