Abhay Kumar

Abhay Kumar
Poet Abhay K at El Rosedal de Palermo, Buenos Aires
Born	Abhay Kumar 1980 (age 36–37) Nalanda, Bihar, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Jawaharlal Nehru University
Occupation	Diplomat, Poet, Artist
Known for	Poetry,Earth Anthem,SAARC Anthem,Digital diplomacy
Website	www.abhayk.com

Abhay Kumar (Hindi: अभय कुमार)/Abhay K. (born 1980) is an Indian poet-diplomat. His books include The Seduction of Delhi and CAPITALS among others. His writings cover poetry, art, memoir, global democracy and digital diplomacy. He wrote the Earth Anthem and the South Asian Anthem spurring search for an official SAARC Anthem.

He received the SAARC Literary Award for his contribution to contemporary South Asian Poetry and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2013. In 2011, he also received the Gov 2.0 award on behalf of the Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs. He has been featured as a nominee on the longlist of the Forbes India 100 Celebrity list and has been honoured with Asia-Pacific Excellence Award in 2014. His The Seduction of Delhi was shortlisted for Muse India-Satish Verma Young Writer Award 2015. He is a contributing writer to the Silk Routes Project of the International Writing Programme of the University of Iowa.

Abhay was born and raised at Chhabilapur near Rajgir in Nalanda district of Bihar. He studied at the Kirori Mal College Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2003. He studied Russian language, history and literature at the Moscow State University, Nepali language at the Tribhuvan University, U.S. Foreign Policy at the George Washington University and how writers write poetry at the International Writing Program and the University of Iowa.