Prakash Kona Reddy (born 1967) is an Indian novelist, essayist, poet and theorist who lives in Hyderabad, India. He was a professor of English literature at The English and Foreign Languages University (Hyderabad campus).
He writes in English, and is the author of nine books to date.
Bibliography Conjurer of Nights [Poetry; 2012 Waterloo Press] Nunc Stans [Creative Non-fiction: 2009, CROSSING CHAOS enigmatic ink, Ontario, Canada] How I Invented Myself as 'Prakash Kona''' [Poetry; 2008 Monsoon Editions, Calicut, India] Words on Lips of a Stranger (as Kona Prakash Reddy) [Poetry; 2005, Writers Workshop Calcutta]Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace [Fiction: 2005, Fugue State Press, New York] Literary Criticism: A Study of Pluralism (Wittgenstein, Chomsky and Derrida) [Theory; 2004, Wisdom House Publications, Leeds, England]Streets that Smell of Dying Roses[Fiction: 2003, Fugue State Press, New York; also Yeti Books, Calicut, India] You and Other Poems (as Kona Prakash Reddy) [Poetry; 1997, Writers Workshop Calcutta] Poems for Her (as Kona Prakash Reddy) [Poetry; 1992, Writers Workshop Calcutta]
Other works, including essays and fictional vignettes, are published widely on the Internet.
In August 2010 Kona contributed to an eBook collection of political poems entitled Emergency Verse - Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State'' edited by Alan Morrison.http://www.therecusant.org.uk The Recusant eZine
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