Prafull Shiledar

Prafull Shiledar is a prominent voice in contemporary Marathi poetry. He writes in Marathi and Hindi. He has four poetry volumes in Marathi and two in Hindi. His poetry is published in national and international literary journals and included in poetry anthologies. His literary essays are collected in a volume called 'Yerzara'. His poems are translated into many Indian and foreign languages including Hindi, English, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Manipuri, Gujarati, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Dakhani, Slovak, Turkish and German. His translated poetry volumes are published in Kannada, Punjabi and Odia, and 'Scratching the Silence' is his poetry collection in English translation recently published by Red River. He is a literary translator honored by the Sahitya Akademi translation award in 2018. He has translated Indian, European, American, and Latin American poetry into Marathi and Hindi. He has published six translated books and six edited books. He was the editor of 'Yugvani', a literary journal in Marathi, for eight years, and published many important special issues. He is the president of Antar Bharati Anuvad Suvidha Kendra, a translation facilitation center in Mumbai. He has read poetry across India, Europe, USA and the Middle East. He was a fellow writer in the International Writer's Residency Program by Art Omi, New York, USA, during Spring 2025.