Yogesh Patel received an MBE for literature in the Queen's New Year Honours list 2020. Internationally celebrated, he edits Skylark and runs Skylark Publications UK as well as a non-profit Word Masala project to promote literature. Honoured with the Freedom of the City of London, he has LP records, films, radio, a children's book, fiction and non-fiction books, and three poetry collections to his credit. A recipient of many awards, Patel was Poet-of-Honor at New York University in April 2019. Among the many venues he has read in, are the House of Lords and the National Poetry Library.
Patel's writing has appeared in many major literary journals, including PN Review, The London Magazine, Asia Literary Review, Under the Radar, Shearsman, IOTA, Envoi, Understanding, Orbis, The Book Review, and Confluence. He has also appeared on BBC TV and Radio, and in newspapers and magazines. Patel's work also features in The National Curriculum anthology, MacMillan, Sahitya Akademi, and numerous other anthologies across the world. He is currently a Poetry Editor at Ars Notoria and writes regular columns for iGlobal and Confluence.
By profession, Patel is a qualified optometrist and an accountant. Author's Websites are: www.patelyogesh.co.uk and www.skylarkpublications.co.uk

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