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- Hometown:
- Freiburg, Germany
- About Me and My Book:
- Writing experience: I've written so far two language books on Nepali for Germans (Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef), Articles in Nelles Verlag's 'Nepal' guidebook, an anthology of poems 'Katmandu, Katmandu' (Lulu.com) and Through Nepalese Eyes (Lulu.com), a story about a Nepalese girl who goes to visit her brother in Germany and the people she meets, and a bit of sadness when she leaves for her homecountry in the Himalayas. I've written an anthology in German "Im Schatten des Himalaya" which can be bought on Lulu.com. Forthcoming book on Traditional and Modern Medicine in Nepal.
About the Author: Satis Shroff is a writer and poet based in Freiburg (poems, fiction, non-fiction) who also writes on ethno-medical, culture-ethnological themes, and writes regularly for The American Chronicle (www.Amchron.com), and is a contributing writer on www.boloji.com and also Blog.ch. He has studied Zoology and Botany in Nepal, Medicine and Social Science in Germany and Creative Writing in Freiburg and Manchester. He describes himself as a mediator between western and eastern cultures and sees his future as a writer and poet. Satis Shroff was awarded the German Academic Exchange Prize. He is a lecturer in Basle (Switzerland).
Writing experience: Satis Shroff has written two language books on the Nepalese language for DSE (Deutsche Stiftung für Entwicklungsdienst) & Horlemannverlag. He has written three feature articles in the Munich-based Nelles Verlag’s ‘Nepal’ on the Himalayan Kingdom’s Gurkhas, sacred mountains and Nepalese symbols and on Hinduism in ‘Nepal: Myths & Realities (Book Faith India) and his poem ‘Mental Molotovs’ was published in epd-Entwicklungsdienst (Frankfurt). He has written many articles in The Rising Nepal, The Christian Science Monitor, the Independent, the Fryburger, Swatantra Biswa (USIS publication, Himal Asia, 3Journal Freiburg. Also read his poems, articles in www.yahoo & www.google search under: satis shroff freiburg.
What others have said about the author: Satis Shroff writes political poetry—about the war in Nepal, the sad fate of the Nepalese people, the emergence of neo-fascism in Germany. His bicultural perspective makes his poems rich, full of awe and at the same time heartbreakingly sad. In writing ‘home,’ he not only returns to his country of origin time and again, he also carries the fate of his people to readers in the West, and his task of writing thus is also a very important one in political terms. His true gift is to invent Nepalese metaphors and make them accessible to the West through his poetry. (Sandra Sigel, poetess, Germany).
Books by Satis Shroff: An anthology of poems and prose ‘Under the Shadow of the Himalayas’ (Satis Shroff) can be read at www.Lulu.com/content/247475.
Through Nepalese Eyes (Satis Shroff) http://www.lulu.com/content/254271.
.Die Schilderungen von Satis Shroff in ‘Through Nepalese Eyes’ sind faszinierend und geben uns die Möglichkeit, unsere Welt mit neuen Augen zu sehen.“ (Alice Grünfelder von Unionsverlag / Limmat Verlag, Zürich).
Since 1974 I have been living on and off in Nepal, writing articles and publishing books about Nepal-- this beautiful Himalayan country. Even before I knew Satis Shroff personally (later) I was deeply impressed by his articles, which helped me very much to deepen my knowledge about Nepal.Satis Shroff is one of the very few Nepalese writers being able to compare ecology, development and modernisation in the ‘Third’ and ‘First’ World. He is doing this with great enthusiasm, competence and intelligence, showing his great concern for the development of his own country. (Ludmilla Tüting, journalist and publisher, Berlin).
Due to his very pleasant personality and in-depth experience in both South Asian, as well as Western workstyles and living, Satis Shroff brings with him a cultural sensitivity that is refined. His writings have always reflected the positive attributes of optimism, tolerance, and a need to explain and to describe without looking down on either his subject or his reader. (Kanak Mani Dixit, Himal Southasia, Kathmandu)
Satis Shroff writes with intelligence, wit and grace. (Bruce Dobler, Associate Professor in Creative Writing MFA, University of Iowa).
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Satis Shroff's Blog
A Thousand Years of Zähringen (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)
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Goethe: A German Writer of the First Rank (Satis Shroff, Freiburg im Breisgau)
Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 3:41am —
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Women's Rights in Nepal (Satis Shroff)
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Dalit issue: The Rights of the Poor and Underdogs in Nepal (Satis Shroff)
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North Sea: LONGING FOR LANGEOOG (Satis Shroff)
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I see you write political poetry. I would like to read some of your work.
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I just thought I'd stop by to say hello. I also write poetry. So hopefully we can network together.
Nadia
Thank you kindly for including me among your cyberfriends. I have to tell you that your art speaks to me, as does the poem accompanying it. So beautiful! I am not a poet, and what I know about poetry you could fit inside a thimble, but I know how something makes me FEEL. And I think sometimes, this type of interpretation is just as important, don't you agree?
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