Abhay K. is an Indian poet-diplomat. He has to his credit a memoir and a dozen poetry collections. His recent poetry books include Celestial, Stray Poems, Monsoon, The Magic of Madagascar and The Alphabets of Latin America. He is the editor of The Book of Bihari Literature (HarperCollins India), The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems, CAPITALS : A Poetry Anthology on the capital cities of the world (Bloomsbury) and New Brazilian Poems. His poem Earth Anthem has been translated into over 150 languages. He has also penned anthems on all the planets in the Solar System. He received SAARC Literary Award 2013.