
Claus Ankersen (Denmark) writes poetry, fiction and essays, usually dealing with esoterics, systems-critique, love and magical reality. He is the author of ten books, and have been working and performing in India since 2009. Claus holds fellowships from Sangam House, Studio Arnawaz, and CMI Arts Initiative, and has appeared at Poetry with Prakriti, Delti Arts Festival, Lekhana litfest, Kala Ghoda Festival, as well as he has given guest lectures at Universities and learning institutes. Following his contributions to two Indian international poetry anthologies: Capitals (Bloomsbury, 2017) and All The Worlds Between (Yoda Press, 2017), in 2018 Claus had his first full poetry collection, Grab Your Heart And Follow Me (Poetrywala) published in India.
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