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__________ "Trespassing My Ancestral Lands" (Finishing Line Press): Sixth poetry collection of Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, released on May 24th, 2024. __________ Journeying through space and time with Odysseus, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis' poetry "River of Songs" (Bare Soul, 2015), the recipient of the 2017 Naji Naaman Literary Prize, landed on the Lunar South Pole on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 at 6:23 p.m. — "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (River Paw Press, 2023), a poetry collection by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis with its Ukrainian translation by Volodymyr Tymchuk, poet and Lieutenant Colonel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been named a finalist at the 14th Annual International Book Awards, by American Book Fest. — "World Literature Today," "The Los Angeles Review," "Indian Literature" and "Tupelo Quarterly" review "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava. — "Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace" (River Paw Press, 2022), curated and edited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, has been shortlisted at the 17th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards.
The "Hryhorii Kochur Award, Ukraine's prestigious state honor for the translation of "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava—Любовні листи до України від Уяви" by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, translated into Ukrainian by poet & Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Tymchuk. "The Tree" written and directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis wins the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival, screens at America's Oldest Film Fest, "Columbus International Film and Animation Festival, and receives an Honorable Jury Mention Award at "Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival" in India.
River Paw Press celebrates Ukraine's prestigious state honor, the "Hryhorii Kochur Award" for the translation of "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava—Любовні листи до України від Уяви" by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk. More about this award, please read on the blog, Mud and Lotus. "The Tree," written and directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is also the winner of "The Best Environmental Film Award" at "Crown Wood International Film Festival" and "Gangtok International Film Festival" in June 2022. "The Tree" has been officially selected at several film festivals, including Maui Film Festival, Near Nazareth Film Festival (Israel) and the "Cinema e Ambiente Avezzano" film festival in Italy, supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture.