Introduction

Some Reviews of Sudeep Sen's Work

'I read Rain with considerable admiration and pleasure. It is a word-perfect collection and its subject matter is both the measure of the rain and the spoken line'.
—Amit Chaudhuri in The Statesman 'Best Book of the Year'

'Sudeep Sen's poems are a present which bring — like all true poetry — so much companionship'.
—John Berger, Booker Prize Winner and author of The Ways of Seeing
     (Penguin/BBC)

'A highly sophisticated poet'.
— Kaifi Azmi, author of Selected Poems (Viking Penguin)

'A gifted poet'.
— Dom Moraes in Sunday Midday

'Prayer Flag is an unique object of art that reveals two intrinsically linked artistic sides of Sen's work and talent: words and images. Perfection of musicality, tone and cadence is tuned to produce the finest resonance… a gift to treasure from a master artist.'
— Tom Alter in Biblio

'A rich, fluent, cosmopolitan voice'.
— Peter Bradshaw in London Evening Standard

Sen has emerged as a leading poet of the English language — has a painter's eye when depicting a scene — [commands] superb skill'.
— Khushwant Singh in Sunday Observer

'Sen [has] extended the range of Indian verse in English to encompass a variety of alternative views of language, history and culture'.
— Pears Cyclopaedia (Penguin)

'Sen is an eclectic poet whose understated work eschews fashionable trends, while exhibiting considerable technical virtuosity and versatility'.
—John Thieme in Cambridge Guide to Literature in English [Cambridge
     University Press]

'Sen is amongst the finest younger English-language poets in the international literary scene. A distinct voice: carefully modulated and skilled, well measured and crafted'.
— Gregor Robertson on BBC Radio