GIEVE PATEL – In His Own Words

The painter, poet, playwright and creative educationist presents an illustrated talk about his paintings and reads from his poetry and plays. He will attempt to demonstrate some of the creative choices made by him in pursuit of his writing and painting. 

Gieve Patel is a well-known writer and painter. He has published three books of poetry, the last one “Mirrored, Mirroring” published by Oxford University Press (1991) and has written three plays, which have been performed in Mumbai and elsewhere. “Mister Behram and Other Plays”, a collection, was published by Seagull Books (2007).
His paintings are in public and private collections in India and in other countries.
He has been conducting an annual poetry workshop for school students at Rishi Valley School, Andhra Pradesh, for the last 20 years. “Poetry with Young People” (Sahitya Akademi, 2007) is an anthology of poems written by these students.
He has worked as a medical practitioner in rural and urban India.