Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla is an award-winning poet, translator,French teacher and healer from
Mumbai. Her poems have been widely published in international anthologies and
periodicals: Her poems are featured in
the anthology
Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians published by
Sahitya Akademi,
Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English and
The Kali Project.
Her poem won the Commendation Prize at The All-India Poetry Competition 2013.
She is the author of two poetry collections –
Invisible Eye longlisted
for Cochin Lit Fest Poetry Prize 2018, and
The Empress, winner of the
2018 US National Poetry Contest by R├жd Leaf Foundation for Poetry & Allied
Arts. Accolades for her poetry include a special mention award in the
Architectural Poetry Annual Competition 2020, the Panorama Special Jury Award,
being shortlisted by Asia Pacific Writers and Translators in collaboration with
Joao-Roque Literary Journal June 2020, and first prize at The New Normal
Poetry competition by Poetry Paradigm and Oxford Bookstore. Her translated
Sindhi poem ‘
Safar’ won the first prize at the Kavya Kaumudi
International Poetry Award. She is recipient of the Rahi Kadam Inspiration
Award 2021. She is the author of ‘Healing Elixir’ The Hawakal Handbook of Angel
Therapy, Numerology & Remedies
