D. C. Chambial

Duni Chand Chambial (born 29 September 1950. died 20 November 2024),^[1][2] is a contemporary bilingual poet^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} from Himachal Pradesh and a critic who, as an editor in chief, has been editing Poetcrit,^[9][10][11] a reviewed international journal (ISSN 0970-2830) for more than three decades. Chambial appeared as an Indian English poet by publishing his first volume, Broken Images, in 1983. He rooted himself as a poet in Indian English Poetry with the continuous publication of his several other English poetry collections and one in Hindi. His poems have been translated into many languages.

D. C. Chambial
Born	(1950-09-29) 29 September 1950 (age 74) Bajrol in Kangra (Now in Hamirpur), Himachal Pradesh, India
Occupation	Poet, editor, critic, academic
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	Hour of Antipathy Mellow Tones Gyrating Hawks & Sinking Roads Words: 1979–2010 (A Collection of Poems)
Website
dcchambial.blogspot.in//

List of works

Poetry collections

• Broken Images (1983), Samkaleen Prakashan, New Delhi, India
• The Poetry OF Himachal Pradesh (1983), edited, Poetry Publications, Aska (Orissa), India
• The Cargoes of the Bleeding Hearts & Other Poems ( 1984), Golden Books of India, Calcutta, India
• Himpaat (Poems in Hindi) (1985), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Perceptions (1986), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Gyrating Hawks & Sinking Roads (1996), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Before The Petals Unfold (2002), Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• This Promising Age and Other Poems (2004), Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Collected Poems: 1979 – 2004 ^[12] (2004), Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Mellow Tones^[13] (2009), Publish America, Baltimore, United States
• Words (2010), Aadi Publications, Jaipur, India
• Words: 1979–2010 (A Collection of Poems) ^[14] (2012) Aadi Publications, Jaipur, India
• Hour of Antipathy^[15] (2014), Poetcrit Publications, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Songs of Sonority and Hope^[16] (2018), Authorpress, New Delhi, India.
• Song of Light and Other Poems: 2017-2020^[17] (2020), Aadi Publications, Jaipur, India.

Criticism

• Death and Suffering in the Poetry of Krishna Srinivas^[18](1996), Poet Publications, Chennai, India
• The Theme of Death and Suffering in the Poetry of O. P. Bhatnagar^[19] (1999), Kanta Sahitya Prakashan, Maranda, Himachal Pradesh India
• English Poetry in India: A Secular Viewpoint^[20] (2011), Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur, India .

Awards and honours

In recognition of his achievements Professor Chambial has received several awards and honours, among them:

• Lachian Art Letters Bronze Medal, 1987 Trans-World Poetry Exposition, Campbell, California (United States);
• 7th Poetry Day Australia, Australia Bicentenary, Gold medal, 26 August 1988;
• Poetry Day Australia, Ist decade Bronze Medal, 1991–92;
• Certificate for Excellence as International Writer, 30 April 1992, Directory of International Writers (University of Colorado, United States);
• POETCRIT: POETRY MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR, 1995 by International Writers Association;
• Michael Madhusudan Academy Award 1995, Michael Madhusudan Academy, Calcutta;
• Poetry Day Australia, Dove in Peace Award, Gold medal, 2000;
• Hon. Member, Governing board of directors, ABI, Raleigh (United States);
• Second Best Fixed Form Poet of the Year 2003, Competition organized by Metverse Muse, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh);
• Participated in 6th World Poetry Day organized under the aegis of Sikkim Akademy, Gangtok (21–24 March 2006);
• "Life Time Achievement Award" by Poetry Intercontinental, Chennai, 2009.