A POET from India is spending three months in Aberystwyth University translating the poetry of Vikram Seth into Hindi and writing verses for young readers.

Mohini Gupta’s residency is supported by the Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) whose Creative Translation and Writing Fellowship is awarded to early career literary creators by Literature Across Frontiers, based in the Mercator Institute at Aberystwyth University.

Aberystwyth is the only University in Wales and one of only a handful of elite institutions in the UK selected to host a CWIT Fellowship.

As well as translating Vikram Seth’s work and writing her own poems in Hindi, Mohini Gupta has been taking part in a range of events and activities during her three-month stay.

These include readings in English/Hindi at INC festival, Galeri, Caernarfon, attending International Translation Day events at the British Library in London, taking part in International Day activities at Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth and reading works in English and Hindi at Aberystwyth Arts Centre as a part of Words & Generations literary festival.

Mohini has also worked with MA Professional Translation students at Aberystwyth University and will be returning on 14 November to work with creative writing students with former Welsh Children’s poet Eurig Salisbury.

She will also be attending a literary event at Bedlinog on 20 November.

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