Manu Mangattu is an Assistant Professor in English from Kerala, India. Born on 21st of December 1985, he imbibed his penchant for poetry and flair for writing from his parents. He completed his post-graduation in English Language and Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam securing second rank and a career as a litterateur. Soon he joined the Department of English, St George’s College Aruvithura where he has been imparting lessons in English literature ever since. Besides translations into English from Chinese and Sanskrit, he writes poetry both in English and Malayalam. His active involvement in Chinese poetry translations won him the sobriquet "Comrade to Poetry China" in 2016. A ‘brooding romanticist in poetry, a doubtful debutant in fiction and a morbid classicist in criticism’ Manu Mangattu is the chief editor of Aesthetique Journal for International Literary Enterprises (AJILE) and is on the editorial board of Spring Magazine. Currently he is working on a UGC funded research project on “Sachin Tendulkar as an Aesthetic Experience". He spearheads the activities at www.mutemelodist.com, a website catering to the creative aspirations of budding writers.

Other Titles by Manu Mangattu

1. Celestial Rhapsodies: Yuan Hongri in English (Translation from Chinese)
2. Pain Pleasure and Paradox in Poetry: A Verse Compendium
3. Innocence as Ignorance: Aesthetic Prognostications in James and Golding
4. The Many Avatars of Sylvia Plath
5. Mute Melodies (English Poetry Collection)