Nostalgic for a Place Never Seen

“A journey of self-discovery” 
DNA India

“An unpretentious poet” 
The Times of India

“Reaches behind the eyes of the body of hunger to examine what drives our deeper selves” 
Lois P. Jones, author of Night Ladder

“Poems born out of hunger, a hunger for peace, a hunger for documentation, and a hunger that calls back our ghosts” 
Octavio Quintanilla, Poet Laureate of Texas

“Elegant and clear-sighted, aphoristic and incisive, it is a book driven by distinct and memorable imagery” 
Steven J. Fowler, writer, poet and performer

“Full-bodied poems that burn into your consciousness and conscience” 
 A. J. Thomas, poet, translator and editor

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Sonnet Mondal is an Indian poet and editor. His nine books of poetry include An Afternoon in My Mind, Karmic Chanting and Lautati Dopaheren. He has read as an invited poet at literary festivals in the USA, Macedonia, Ireland, Turkey, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, France, Germany, Italy, Ukraine, Hungary, Madagascar, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Colombia, South Africa, and Slovakia. He was the guest of honour at Les Journées Poët Poët international festival, France, in 2025. His writings have appeared in publications across Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Sonnet edits Verseville and the Indian section of Lyrikline (Haus für Poesie, Berlin). He is the founder director of Chair Poetry Evenings: Kolkata’s International Poetry Festival. His works have appeared in over twenty languages.