Professor
Naropa University
Andrew Schelling is a North American poet, translator, and editor. He has published seven books of classical Sanskrit, Prakrit, and vernacular poetry in translation. Dropping the Bow: Poems from Ancient India, received the 1992 Academy of American Poets award for translation, the first time the preeminent institute for poetry in America recognized work from an Asian language. His latest book, Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo and Pacific Coast Culture, is a folkloric account of California linguistics. A collection of old India’s poet Bhartrihari will be released by Shambhala Publications in Fall 2018. He teaches poetry and Sanskrit at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.