Jernail Singh Anand
Dr Jernail Singh Anand is an internationally acknowledged Indian poet, philosopher, spiritualist and scholar. Born in 1955, he acquired his Ph.D degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and was recently honoured with D.Litt.by the Univ. of South America.He has to his credit more than 45 books of English poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction and spirituality. He has innovated the theory of BIOTEXT and CLOUD SYNDROME in Critical theory and is a refereed author. His mini-epic Geet:Unsung Song of Eternity, a sequel to Milton's Paradise Lost, has earned rave reviews. He is now coming up with Ganterbury Tales, which can be a modern sequel to the great Canterbury Tales. His works of spirituality Bliss:The Ultimate Magic and I Belong to You have been translated into Persian and published in Iran.Bliss has been comparedwith Khalil Gibran's The Prophet and his work of poetry, Beyond Life Beyond Death to T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland. Dr. Anand has been Secretary General of World Parliament of Literature and Ambassador, World Union of Poets (Italy) and Founder President, Philosophique Poetica. He has been honored with various awards: such as Lord of World Peace and Literature, Cross of Peace, Cross of Literature, World Icon of Peace [Nigeria], Dr. Mohinder Singh Randhawa Award for Promotion of Art and Culture, Art4Peace Foundation California, Lifetime Achievement Award, World Laureate of Literature etc. He is also Life Patron of World Institute of Peace (International). Dr Anand represented India in the Kibatek 39 Poetry Festival held in Taranto Italy in Feb 2016 and participated in International Convention on Peaceorganised by World Institute of Peace At Adameyi Univ. Ondo Nigeria in Nov. 2016.
