Vijay Nambisan

Vijay Nambisan (1963 – August 10, 2017) was an Indian poet, writer, critic and journalist who primarily wrote in English. He won the first All India Poetry Prize in 1990. He died following health complications on the 10th of August, 2017.

Literary career Both debut authors, Vijay Nambisan and Jeet Thayil, co-authored Gemini in 1992. Nambisan received the first All India Poetry Prize in 1988 for his poem "Madras Central". He wrote First Infinities in 2015, his first collection of poems since Gemini. Additionally, he wrote several non-fiction books including: Bihar Is in the Eye of the Beholder in 2000, Language as an Ethic in 2003, and Two Measures of Bhakti in 2009, which include translations of works by Poonthanam Nambudiri and Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri.

Personal life Vijay Nambisan graduated from IIT Madras. He married the novelist and doctor Kavery Nambisan.