Rangrao Bhongle

Dr. Rangrao J. Bhongle is Professor and Head of the Department of English, Mumbai University, Mumbai. Dr. Bhongle is a bilingual creative writer and has published Poetry, Fiction and Criticism in Marathi—his native tongue, as well as in English. He has won awards for his book of criticism (1989) and for collection of poems in Marathi (1993). His collection of poems in English The Moon at the Window (1999) was highly appreciated by the press and by the readers of poetry. Dr. Bhongle’s other books include Revelations: Essays on English Poetry (1995) and Contemporary American Literature (ed.), (2000).

Dr. Bhongle currently edits Indian Literary Panorama, a journal dedicated to contemporary Indian literature and society.