Haam Seong Ho
Ham Seongho was born in Sokcho, South Korea, in 1963. He earned his undergraduate degree in architecture from Kangwon National University. As a poet, he debuted in the journal Literature and Society (문학과 사회) in 1990. His poetry anthologies since then include Holy Taj Mahal (聖 타즈마할), 5.67 Billion Years of Solitude (56억7천만년의 고독), and The Very Beautiful Disease (너무 아름다운 병). He has also published a prose collection, Record of Nothingness (허무의 기록), and is recognized as a prominent critic of architecture and graphic novels. The Whang Mi-Sook Dance Troupe adapted his poetry in a 2002 performance, and he has presented art exhibitions including the “Seoul Time Capsule Exhibition” (2003). Mr. Ham has written, “I did not attach myself to just writing poems. I connected architecture and poetry, dancing and poetry, and philosophy and poetry. Poetry, architecture, art and others are nothing but tools to complete my life.”
Claus Ankersen
Claus works with poetry, fiction, spoken word and cross-dicsliplinary artistic expressions. He has published two collecions of poetry, a poetry CD, and he has directed and produced a documentary on Danish spoken word. Claus has performed about 100 live readings a year for the past ten years and is considered a leading figure in Danish spoken word poetry. He has also worked and performed internationally in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Turkey and the US.
Carlos Eduardo de Magalhaes
Carlos was born in the city of Sao Paulo. He is author of eight books, among them: Cama de pregos (Bed of nails, Grua, stories, 2009) Pitanga (Grua, novel, 2008), Dora (Atelie Editorial, novel, 2005), O primeiro inimigo (The first enemy, Atelie Editorial, novel, 2005) and Os jacares (The alligators, Cosac&Naify, novel, 2001), Mera Fotografia (Just a picture, Rocco, novel, 1998). He is also the co-writer of the screenplay of the film “Corpos Celestes”, and author of short stories and articles published in anthologies and magazines. Since 2007, Magalhaes is the editor of a new Brazilian publishing called Grua (www.grualivros.com.br). He lives with his wife and two daughters in Sao Paulo.
Bedartha Goswami
Bedartha was born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam and had been fond of writing since childhood. A few published articles in the regional dailies . . . “have given me the illusion that I can write. I am exploring that part of me now; if there is a writer in me I want to use it to voice the life teeming in northeast India.”
Aseem Shrivatsava
Aseem Shrivastava is from India. He got his doctorate in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He taught Economics at colleges and universities in India and the US for many years. Most recently, he taught Philosophy at Nordic College, Norway. He now researches and writes independently on issues emanating from globalization. He is currently working with Ashish Kothari on a book evaluating India’s embrace of globalization from an environmental angle, entitled “Unsustainable India.