Navtej Bharati

Navtej Bharati (also Bharti) is an Indian-born Canadian poet.

Life
Born in Punjab, Bharati came to Canada in the late 1960s.

He first lived in Vancouver, where he "would jam the night away with hippies ... playing his sitar."

Bharati lives in London, Ontario. He has published collections of poetry in both Punjabi and English. He was the publisher of Third Eye Press, whose books covered many genres.

His book Lila, co-authored with Ajmer Rode is more than 1000 pages long and is considered one of the most important Punjabi poetry works of the 20th century. An English-language poetry book, Endless Eye, was published by the Canadian Poetry Association.

Recognition
While living in India, Bharati was a three-time winner (1959, 1960, 1961) of the Best Poet of the State award, given by the Punjab Languages Department. In 2003 he was given the Best Overseas Author Award by the Languages Department.

Publications

 * Simbal De Phul - 1968
 * Līlha : kawitāwan (with Ajmer Rode). Vancouver, BC: Rainbird Press, 1999.
 * Endless Eye. Toronto: Electronic Books in Print, 2002.