Anant Kumar


Anant Kumar, is a German author of Indian descent. He spent his childhood in Motihari where his father Rajendra Prasad was Professor at M. S. College, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University. He resides in Kassel, Germany.

Life

The son of an Indian teacher from Bihar, Kumar went to college from 1991 to 1998 at the GHK, where he received a master's degree in German literature, writing his thesis on Alfred Döblin’s epic novel Manas.
In his literary works, Kumar connects the experiences of a foreigner in German society with Indian culture. His first work, Fremde Frau, fremder Mann, is characterized by its pithy insights and expressive perceptiveness. The aspects of observational satire and finely ironic comment are constant elements throughout Kumar’s work. In his work Zeru—A Seven Day Story Kumar alludes to the literary form of the epos and brilliantly depicts the colorful array of daily life for an African boy amid wild and ancient myths of the dark continent.
Anant Kumar is a member of the Association of German Authors and the Literary Society of Hessen.

Works

In German

Novel