Mamta Sagar writes in Kannada and has three collections of poems, four
plays, an anthology of column writing, a collection of essays and a
booklet on Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions to her credit.
She was invited as ?Poet in Residence? to Belgrade, Serbia by
AUROPOLIS, an Association of Multimedia Artists. Mamta has presented
poems at poetry festivals in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Colombia, Cuba, South
Africa, Nicaragua, Slovenia, Serbia and Struga, Macedonia. Her poems
are translated into Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Galician, Maltese,
Chinese, Slovenian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Russian, English and many
Indian languages and are published in those respective languages. She
has collaborated/performed poetry with artists N.Pushpamala (India),
Jannet and Jennifer(Australia), Marjorie Evasco(Philippines), Que Mai
(Vietnam) and musicians Manja Ristic, Igor Stangliczky and Marko
Jevti? (Belgrade). Mamta has conducted theatre and poetry workshops
culminating with readings and productions for women, children and
people from marginalised communities. Her poems and interviews are
showcased in the documentary ?Cultures of Resistance? by Lara Lee and
in ?Los Chicos de Mañana?, a film by Spanish director Javier Monero
from Spain. Presently she teaches at the Centre for Kannada Studies,
Bangalore University, Bangalore.