Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Sunil Sharma

Sunil Sharma

Sunil Sharma, PhD (English), is an academic, critic, literary editor and author with 29 published books: Eight collections of poetry; five of short fiction; two novels; a critical study of the novel, and, 10 joint anthologies on prose, poetry and criticism, and, two joint poetry collection and one joint fiction collection.

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About Sunil Sharma

Sunil Sharma, PhD (English), is an academic, critic, literary editor and author with 29 published books: Eight collections of poetry; five of short fiction; two novels; a critical study of the novel, and, 10 joint anthologies on prose, poetry and criticism, and, two joint poetry collection and one joint fiction collection.

A recipient of the UK-based Destiny Poets’ Inaugural Poet of the Year award---2012.

Winner, among others, of the Panorama Golden Globe Award -- 2023, and, Nissim Award for Excellence -- 2022 for the political novel Minotaur.

His poems were published in the prestigious UN project: Happiness: The Delight-Tree: An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry, in the year 2015.

Sunil edits the English section of the monthly bilingual journal Setu published from Pittsburgh, USA: --- Setu

Books by Sunil Sharma

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  • An Abandoned Hut

    "...Near a murmuring stream and a cold trail..."

  • Cleaning

    "...a purified sky cleaned by a divine hand..."

  • Rare Sight

    An image to remember...

  • Agony

    "...the scarlet-brown scars showing for miles, each scar deeper than the previous..."

  • Father Time

    "...voices of the moments buried with fallen leaves..."

  • Joyce

    "...Till a magician appears..."

  • Passion

    "...To be touched by a rebel heart..."

  • Old Man

    "...giving succor...in summers and rains..."

  • Impermanence

    "...fragrance lingering in the clothes..."

  • Love Springs Unbidden

    "...strangely, sometimes -- it takes root in hard soil..."

  • Wake Up Time!

    "...become a fire-breathing monster..."

  • Nightly Sounds

    "...drunks swaggering home..."

  • Breaks

    "...like the vast steppes of Mongolia..."

  • Pause!

    "...messengers of another realm..."

  • Silencing of the Sirens

    "...From the dark depths, resurfacing, the melodies ride the crests of storms..."