Sudesh Mishra

EN / Fijian-Australian poet and academic. He was born in Fiji to an Indo-Fijian family. He came to Australia to study and received a PhD in English Literature from Flinders University. He has published several books of poetry. His writings often deal with events in his homeland, such as the 1987 coup d’état, and in 2003 he was awarded an Asialink Literature Residency at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His current research breaks new ground, particularly in indigenous responses to modern ecological crises such as climate change. He is Director of the School of Language, Arts and Media at the University of the South Pacific. He was Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Deakin University in Australia and taught literature at Stirling University in Scotland and at the University of the South Pacific, Suva campus.

DE / Fidschianisch-australischer Dichter und Akademiker. Er wurde auf Fidschi in einer indo-fidschianischen Familie geboren. Nach Australien zum Studium kommend, promovierte er an der Flinders University in englischer Literatur. Er hat mehrere Gedichtbände veröffentlicht. Seine Schriften behandeln häufig Ereignisse in seiner Heimat, wie den Staatsstreich von 1987. Im Jahr 2003 erhielt er eine Asialink Literature Residency an der Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Seine aktuelle Forschung geht neue Wege, insbesondere zu den indigenen Reaktionen auf moderne ökologische Krisen wie den Klimawandel. Er ist Leiter der School of Language, Arts and Media an der University of the South Pacific. Er war außerordentlicher Professor für kreatives Schreiben an der Deakin University in Australien und lehrte Literatur an der Stirling University in Schottland und der University of the South Pacific, Campus Suva. (Foto: Norman Posselt, CC BY 4.0)