10 Facts About Gopi Kottoor

Gopi Kottoor is the founder editor of quarterly poetry journal Poetry Chain.

Gopi Kottoor obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English from the Institute of English, Trivandrum.

Gopi Kottoor won his first poetry prize in University college poetry competitions, and soon published his poetry in Indian magazines publishing poetry in English.

Gopi Kottoor attended the Master of Fine Arts program of the Texas State University, Southwest Texas, US.

Gopi Kottoor won both the All-India Special Poetry Prize of the British Council-Poetry Society, India All India Poetry Competitions in 1997 for his poem "These are the things we could talk about" and Second Prize for his poem "Digging" in the General Category of the Competition in 1997.

Gopi Kottoor's "Father, Wake Us In Passing", which won for the poet a Residency in the University of Augsburg, Germany, is a touching poem sequence on his father in coma, and dying.

Gopi Kottoor's poetry has appeared in international journals that include Orbis, Ariel, Toronto Review, Plaza, Arabesques Review, Persona, Bluefifth Online, Chiaroscuro Magazine, Levure litteraire, Big bridge, Nth Position, New English Review and others.

Gopi Kottoor's poems are featured in the anthology, The Dance of the Peacock.

Gopi Kottoor's play The Nectar of the Gods is a socio-historical take on the life of the palace soldier Devasahayam, who was executed following his conversion to Christianity during the reign of King Marthanda Varma.

Gopi Kottoor's other plays include The Mask of Death, a radio-play on the dying days of the Romantic poet John Keats in Rome, Fire in the Soul, a play on the life and times of the Nationalist rebel poet of India, Subramania Bharati, and A Woman in Flames.