Yuyutsu Sharma

Monday, May 17, 2010

Cosmopoeticia Festival, Spain, Poetry workshop with the inmates in Cordoba Prison

(Google translation of the Spanish Text)

Reading Marcos Ana, William Ospina and Yuyutsu RD Sharma has put the finishing touch to the poetry workshop for the fourth consecutive year has been developed in the provincial prison in collaboration with CIC-Bata. Cosmopoética stresses that the recital, which was presented by the instructor of Poetry for Freedom, Alejandra Vanessa, "the excitement has maintained throughout its course but has been with the intervention of Marcos Ana when it has risen further."

Reading Marcos Ana, Colombian William Ospina and the Nepali Yuyutsu RD Sharma, has served to put an end to the poetry workshop for the fourth consecutive year, was held in the provincial prison Cosmopoética within the framework of a meeting who participated in the World Poetry in Cordoba with the collaboration of CIC-Bata.
In a statement, Cosmopoética stresses that the recital, which was presented by the instructor of Poetry for Freedom, Alejandra Vanessa, "the excitement has maintained throughout its course but has been with the intervention of Marcos Ana when it has risen more .
Ensure that the poet spent 23 years in prison for political reasons and was twice sentenced to death for it, and as he assured his audience "I feel a particular emotion to be among you."

She recognized that, despite the fact that in prison "lost youth and the first part of my life" and that this experience has been "simultaneously the hardest and the most I've lived" (...), "the prison was my university, I learned to be a man, and writing, not a privilege, but I owe everything. "
After his words, optimistic, despite everything, the poet wanted to give the audience some of the poems he wrote during his captivity. Biography, My heart is patio, tell me what a tree or Charter the world were heard before an excited audience.

Then came the turn of the Colombian William Ospina whose poetic production is closely linked to nature, as demonstrated by the love poems of the young eagles or Song of both worlds.
Yuyutsu RD Sharma was in charge of closing the recital, by the poets of the world, with a series of lines in which were very much the landscapes of his native Nepal, and completed with a reading in Nepali.

The fifteen students, eleven men and four women, which this year have attended the workshop also recited two poems to complete the act. His instructor, Vanessa Alejandra stressed that this cultural initiative, students not only learn literary techniques "but to express what they have inside.
In this fourth edition, whose production is covered in the plaquette Melody of 2010 inmates have participated poets Jesus Fernandez, Maria Gonzalez, and Ana Matilde Cabello Patricia Santaella who have come to the prison inmates to share their literary experience.

At the closing ceremony of Poetry for freedom have attended the Councillor for Education of the City of Cordoba, Elena Cortes, Equality, Marian Ruiz, President of CIC-Bata, Federico Romero, and the director of the Prison Cordoba, Ana Martín .

Monday, May 10, 2010

Poemas De Los Himalayas
Yuyutsu's bilingual Spanish/English Poetry Collection

Translated into Spanish with an Introduction
By Veronica Aranda
By Cosmopoeticia, Cordoba, Spain

Yuyutsu in Spain

sábado 8 de mayo de 2010

Entrevista a Yuyutsu RD Sharma

Yuyutsu RD Sharma tiene la impronta del asombro ante la vida y una disposición atenta a todo lo que le rodea, como si no quisiera perderse el recorrido fugaz de las estrellas en su curvatura por el firmamento.
Me encuentro en plena inauguración de los poetas del mundo en Córdoba en la séptima edición de Cosmopoética. Y justo al acabar el acto le he pedido a Yuyutsu RD Sharma, uno de los poetas invitados más importantes del mundo asiático si quería contestar a unas preguntas para mi blog poético. Con toda la exquisita amabilidad personal y con la educación gestual cultural de su país ha contestado lleno de agrado y afabilidad.
FSM .- ¿Por favor, podría decirme cuál es el significado de poesía para usted?
YRDS .- La poesía en nuestra cultura tiene una larga tradición. La poesía es el ritual, el juego que tú vives o desempeñas en la vida. No son sólo palabras sino una forma de vivir. Desde tiempos inmemoriales tenemos una larga tradición. Cada momento de lo cotidiano está lleno de poesía para nosotros. Así pues, la poesía es una forma de estar en la vida. No es sólo una cosa académica.
FSM .- ¿Cuál es la función de la poesía hoy día según su opinión?
YRDS .- En Nepal tenemos terribles turbulencias políticas y en el subcontinente indio. La poesía tiene un importante rol que define la identidad de la tradición en nuestro país. En Nepal no existiríamos sin poesía porque Bhanu Bhakta Acharya fue el primer poeta que tradujo la escritura indú en el idioma nepalí.
FSM .- ¿Qué le parece este evento de Cosmopoética en Córdoba?
YRDS .- Llegué ayer invitado a este importante evento al que vienen grandes poetas internacionales como Robert Hass y otros a quienes ya he conocido. Es un importante lugar de encuentro entre los miembros de la familia poética internacional. Estoy muy contento. Venir aquí es como llegar a casa. Ojalá se hiciera algo similar en Asia para que la poesía de aquí llegara allí.
FSM .- ¿Podría decirme cuáles son sus poetas favoritos?
YRDS .- Mi poeta favorito nepalí es Gopal Prasad Rimald. Él fue ignorado por las autoridades y murió habiendo vivido en la calle una vida de miseria. Él trajo el modernismo a la poesía nepalí. Me gusta mucho Gopal Prasad Rimald. Es mi poeta favorito. También mi poeta favorito internacional es Lorca. Federico García Lorca está en mi corazón.
FSM .- No quiero abusar más de su tiempo. Sé que le esperan. Muchísimas gracias Yuyutsu por atenderme.
YRDS .- Gracias a usted.
Yuyutsu se despide a la forma asiática con una reverencia. Y yo también uso e imito su misma manera para despedirme de él y le vuelvo a dar las gracias. Y me siento feliz de haber podido hablar con un gran poeta asiático.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Poem inspired by Yuyutsu Sharma

Inspired by Poet Yuyutsu RD Sharma

Himalaya

You are my mule,
my companion, my friend,
my communal bastard brother,
born of stallion and ass.
You teach me to walk proud,
carry the burden of others
while levitating my own
troubles to take residence
in the mist of cloud, later to rain
down on me when I am
stronger.

You are my buffalo,
my protector, my guardian.
You teach me of sacrifice,
how to love outside myself,
to shed my skin to blanket
my sister in warmth, to quench
the hungry with my own blood
before finding my place
in the sun.

You are my goddess,
my idol, my mother,
whose alabaster bosom
shields me from harsh winds
howling in the night. YouPublish Post
challenge me to follow in
footsteps of my brothers,
so I may one day find
my own path.

Shawn Aveningo

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Yuyutsu and Poets & Writers

Yuyutsu Sharma

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Yuyutsu at Wylde Chylde, Merrick, Long Island

Himalayan Poet Yuyutsu RD Sharma at Wylde Chylde Tattoo Cafe!

Date:	Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Time:	7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location:	1708 Sunrise Hwy. Merrick, NY 11566

Description

We are excited to have Yuyutsu (Yuyu) RD Sharma all the way from Kathmandu, Nepal to feature at the Wylde Chyld this Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:30pm. Yuyu has several books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction out in several countries around the world. We are honored to have him. This is one of those events you would usually have to travel into the city to see. Well, this one's just a matter of taking the Meadowbrook to Sunrise and there you are! And the coffee and pastries are awesome!

Trust me. Don't miss this one. See you all there!

Wylde Chylde: 516-208-9714

Monday, February 22, 2010

Preview--Space cake, Amsterdam and other poems from Europe and America - New book

Yuyutsu Sharma http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/spacecake_amsterdam_sampler

SpaceCake Amsterdam (sampler) by Yuyutsu RD Sharma

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Yuyu's New York University Reading

Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma
Renowned Nepalese Poet and Environmental Activist
Focusing on the Himalayas

notes from the
Top of the World
and the
Home of the Gods

New York University International House
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
7:00pm
Palladium Third Floor Multi-Purpose Room

Third Floor Multi Purpose Room, 140 East 14 Street ( Between 3rd and 4 Ave)

Monday, February 15, 2010

Yuyutsu Sharma reads Little Paradise Lodge California State University, Sacramento Feb. 10, 2010

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Yuyutsu sharma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yuyutsu RD Sharma (Ram Dass) A widely traveled major Nepali/Indian writer was born at Nakodar, Pubjab and grew up in Nakodar and later at Nangal Township of ...
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University of California, Davis Reading www.youtube.com

Yuyutsu Sharma

Yuyutsu Sharma reading at Department of English, University of California, Davis from www.WayToEverest.de on Feb. 9, 2010.
Yuyutsu is currently touring North America to promote his new book.

University of California, Davis Reading

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Yuyutsu Sharma

Yuyutsu Sharma reads Visit to Bristol

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Yuyutsu Sharma reads Visit to Bristol California State University, Sacramento Feb. 10, 2010

Yuyutsu Sharma

Yuyutsu Sharma reads Glacier

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Yuyutsu Sharma reads Glacier California State University, Sacramento Feb. 10, 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Shannon Reading Yuyutsu Sharma's 'Whitman's Daughter' at Bowery www.youtube.com

Yuyutsu Sharma

Shannon Reading Yuyutsu Sharma's 'Whitman's Daughter' at Bowery

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Yuyutsu Sharma Grand Junction Reading

Type:	Music/Arts - Performance
	Global

Date:	Saturday, February 13, 2010
Time:	4:05pm - 5:30pm
Location:	Colorado

Description

THE ART CENTER is pleased to host an evening with acclaimed Nepalese poet, Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma at the Art Center in Grand Junction, Colorado on Saturday, February 13 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. The evening will begin with hors d’oeuvres from Nepal Restaurant and then works presented by Sharma. The evening will close with an informal opportunity to ask questions and share in a discussion with Sharma. This event is free and open to the public.

Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma is a distinguished poet and writer with international acclaim. Sharma has several published works including A Way to Everest: A Photographic Journey to the Foot of Everest, a collaborative effort with German photographer Andreas Stimm, Roaring Recitals: Five Nepali Poets, and his most recent work Annapurna Poems inspired by David Ray. Sharma has also received numerous accolades, grants and fellowships including those from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, and the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature to name a few. He is a notable translator with his works being translated in more than seven languages.

Critics comment on Sharma’s work stating,
“Each poem is a delight in itself, a discovery, a new turn of phrase, a new sensation, a world of sound and light, and visions all colliding against each other to provide an unexpected and haunting experience.” David Clark in Exiled Ink, London

“The poems… are shining jewels of passion, energy and splendid craft, redolent with vivid, dreamlike visual imagery, strengthened by realistic observation and powered by strong male eroticism. His is an unabashed return to the male gaze that is refreshing and solemn by turns, reminding one of the stirring sounds of rolling drums, and beating rain…” Sucheta Das Gupta in the Himalayan Times, Kathmandu

“Yuyutsu RD Sharma’s poetry runs clear, tender, and passionate with a rage that often erupts volcanic in the face of cruelty, despair, and injustice that saddles the disenfranchised poor of the earth. Poems powerful and devastating, yet gentle as flower petals wafting to earth in a summer breeze.” Michael Annis, senior editor, Howling Dog Press, Colorado .

This event is sponsored by Nepal Restaurant located at 356 Main Street , Grand Junction and Farolito Press. For more information please contact Charity Finnigsmier at (970) 420-9513 or Camille Silverman at 243-7337, xt. 6. The Art Center is located at 1803 North 7th Street , Grand Junction . (970) 243-7337. www.gjartcenter.org.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

08-10 January Readings & Workshop from the Himalayas

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Readings from the Himalayas

Yuyutsu Sharma’s Workshops

and Readings in Sacramento, California

On February 8, 9 and 10, 2010, help us welcome Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma to Northern California. Yuyutsu is a world-renowned poet and author who has published 8 books and translated and edited several anthologies of contemporary Nepali poetry. His work has been translated into German, French, Italian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Spanish and Dutch. One of his books of translations was nominated by the Library of Congress as Best Book of the Year from Asia.

All readings and workshops are free and open to the general public.

Schedule:
Monday, February 8: SPC, 25th & R: 6-7:30
Tuesday, February 9: 126 Voorhies, UCD campus: 12-12:30 reading, 12:30-2 workshop
Wednesday, February 10: Summit Room, 3rd Floor, University Union, Cal State University Sacramento: 12:30-1:00 reading; 1:00-2:30 workshop
A Himalayan Poem Workshop
Monday, February 8: SPC, 25th & R: 6-7:30 Workshop; 7:30 reading

Yuyutsu shall explore the making of a Himalayan poem in the context of Nepalese literature in specific and Indian Subcontinent in general.

Sharing the oral traditions of the devotional Bhakti poets and the history of Nepali literature in shaping the fate of the youngest Himalayan republic of the world, he shall work with the participants in creating a Himalayan poem. He shall use the Himalayan folk music and the translations from great Nepalese and Indian poets to introduce the dynamics of Asian literary heritage.

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Poetry and Photography Workshop

Tuesday, February 9: 126 Voorhies, UCD campus: 12-12:30 reading, 12:30-2 workshop

Yuyutsu shall describe his working with distinguished German Photographer, Andreas Stimm,... discuss the panoramic black and white photography and read from his picture poetry book, www.WaytoEverest.de. With the help of PowerPoint Presentation, Yuyutsu will interact, bringing alive the drama of bare survival on the glacial heights. e will also discuss the history of Everest conquest and Western perspective on the mountains in context of Himalayan people’s world view and point out the ecological hazards that Top of the World is facing. Citing mythological sources and scriptures, Yuyutsu will conjure the feel of the Himalayas, the place where soul of God lives.

Travel Poem Workshop

Wednesday, February 10: Summit Room, 3rd Floor, University Union, Cal State University Sacramento: 12:30-1:00 reading; 1:00-2:30 workshopuyutsu shall read his poems from new book Space Cake Amsterdam and Other Poems from Europe and America and discuss the making of a travel poem. Working on the origins of his decade long travels, he will share highlights of his travel experiences and explains subtle mechanism of writing poems on places and people in alien, anguished lands.

Host: CAMU Center for Arts & the Muse at the University cllick for information
Start Time: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 3:30pm
Location: UC Davis, Sacramento Poetry Center, and CSUS

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:10

Yuyutsu's University of California Readings and workshops

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Start Time:	Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8:05pm
End Time:	Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:05pm
Location:	Sacreamento,

Description

Readings from the Himalayas

Yuyutsu Sharma’s Workshops
and Readings in Sacramento, California

On February 8, 9 and 10, 2010, help us welcome Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma to Northern California. Yuyutsu is a world-renowned poet and author who has published 8 books and translated and edited several anthologies of contemporary Nepali poetry. His work has been translated into German, French, Italian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Spanish and Dutch. One of his books of translations was nominated by the Library of Congress as Best Book of the Year from Asia.
For more information, visit http://www.epsilonmedia.de/yuyutsu/.
All readings and workshops are free and open to the general public.
Schedule:
Monday, February 8: SPC, 25th & R: 6-7:30
Tuesday, February 9: 126 Voorhies, UCD campus: 12-12:30 reading, 12:30-2 workshop
Wednesday, February 10: Summit Room, 3rd Floor, University Union, Cal State University Sacramento: 12:30-1:00 reading; 1:00-2:30 workshop
A Himalayan Poem Workshop
Monday, February 8: SPC, 25th & R: 6-7:30 Workshop; 7:30 reading

Yuyutsu shall explore the making of a Himalayan poem in the context of Nepalese literature in specific and Indian Subcontinent in general. Sharing the oral traditions of the devotional Bhakti poets and the history of Nepali literature in shaping the fate of the youngest Himalayan republic of the world, he shall work with the participants in creating a Himalayan poem. He shall use the Himalayan folk music and the translations from great Nepalese and Indian poets to introduce the dynamics of Asian literary heritage.

Poetry and Photography Workshop
Tuesday, February 9: 126 Voorhies, UCD campus: 12-12:30 reading, 12:30-2 workshop
Yuyutsu shall describe his working with distinguished German Photographer, Andreas Stimm, discuss the panoramic black and white photography and read from his picture poetry book, www.WaytoEveret.de. With the help of PowerPoint Presentation, Yuyutsu will interact, bringing alive the drama of bare survival on the glacial heights.
He will also discuss the history of Everest conquest and Western perspective on the mountains in context of Himalayan people’s world view and point out the ecological hazards that Top of the World is facing. Citing mythological sources and scriptures, Yuyutsu will conjure the feel of the Himalayas, the place where soul of God lives.

Travel Poem Workshop
Wednesday, February 10: Summit Room, 3rd Floor, University Union, Cal State University Sacramento: 12:30-1:00 reading; 1:00-2:30 workshop
Yuyutsu shall read his poems from new book Space Cake Amsterdam and Other Poems from Europe and America and discuss the making of a travel poem. Working on the origins of his decade long travels, he will share highlights of his travel experiences and explains subtle mechanism of writing poems on places and people in alien, anguished lands.

Host:
CAMU Center for Arts & the Muse at the University

Start Time: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 3:30pm
Location: UC Davis, Sacramento Poetry Center, and CSUS