Vivek Sharma Profile Oct2021 sized Vivek Sharma

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Vivek Sharma’s (he/him) first book of verse, The Saga of a Crumpled Piece of Paper (Writers Workshop, 2009), was shortlisted for the Muse India Young Writer Award for 2011. His work in English is published in Atlanta Review, Bateau, The Cortland Review, Cha, Nūr Melange: A Ghazal Anthology (Quitab Editions, 2024), and Muse India, among others, while his Hindi articles and verse have been published in Divya Himachal, Himachal Mitra, and Argalaa. Sharma grew up in Himachal Pradesh (Himalayas, India) and moved to the United States in 2001. He publishes as a scientist, and is a professor of chemical engineering in Chicago.