Our Contributing Poet Honored

On the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak, a UK-based poet and one of our regular contributors, was honored with an award by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with Motivational Strips, a writers’ forum incepted in India.

The organizers claimed that this was the first time two world popular literary entities had merged to identify national and international talents.  Mazur-Nowak was honored along with other 349 writers from 80 countries.

Motivational Strips claims itself to be “The World’s Most Active Writers Forum,” while Gujarat Sahitya Academy is a leading literary institution in India. The academy is run by the state government of Gujarat, and the award given by the institution is a dream for writers in India and beyond.

Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak is a multi-awarded contemporary international author and poet and has authored seven poetry books, three story collections, and a novel. She is also a co-author of nearly 100 national and international anthologies. Bozena Helena’s works have been translated into 20 languages.