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Manohar Shetty (born 1953) is a Goa based poet considered one of the prominent Indian poets writing in the English language.
He has been a Senior Fellow with the Sahitya Akademi, the Indian academy of arts and letters, and his work is found in several anthologies, including The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and anthologies edited by Eunice de Souza, Vilas Sarang and Jeet Thayil.
Manohar Shetty was born in Bombay and educated in Panchgani. He graduated from Bombay University in 1974 and began working as a journalist
He is the recipient of the Raza Fellowship (2019) for his book, titled ‘Ferry Crossing 2’, comprising short stories, which also include stories from his previously edited book ‘Ferry Crossing’ (1998).