Mamta Sagar
Mamta Sagar () is an Indian poet, academic, and activist writing in the Kannada language. Her writings focus on identity politics, feminism, and issues around linguistic and cultural diversity. She is a professor of Academic and Creative Writing at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Education and career. Sagar has a PhD in Comparative literature from the University of Hyderabad. She has worked with Hyderabad Central University and Bangalore University, where she has taught Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Kannada Literature, Feminism, and Postcolonial and Cultural Studies. Sagar received the Charles Wallace India Trust fellowship in 2015. Other notable  work. Sagar has translated poetry, prose, and critical writings into Kannada and English. Her own poems have been translated into many languages, and have been included in textbooks from Jain University, Bangalore and the University of Kerala. Some of her poems are accompanied by music by Vasu Dixit, Bindumalini, and Sunitha Ananthaswamy.  Sagar produced "Interversions 1,2, & 3", three poetry films based on her own collection of the same name, with Srishti Films as part of the Wales-India collaborative projects (2018). She has also written and produced "For Gauri", a video presentation of her poem written for Gauri Lankesh. Sagar  has curated many international and national poetry and theater events in Hyderabad and Bangalore, including "Kaavya Sanje", a multilingual community poetry event at the Bangalore Literature Festival, and she is actively involved with international poetry translation projects.