Ramya Ramana
{{short description|American poet based in New York City (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ramya Ramana
| image = Ramya Ramana.jpg
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|03|3}}
|nationality =
|education = St. John's University
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Poet
| yearsactive = 2014–present
| known_for = Youth Poet Laureate{{cite web|title=2014 Youth Poet Laureate|url=http://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/programs/ypl/2014_ramya_ramana/|website=|publisher=New York City Campaign Finance Board|accessdate=26 April 2017}}
| website = {{URL|ramyaramana.me}}
}}
Ramya Ramana (born March 3, 1995) is an American poet based in New York City.{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Nate Schweber, Michael|title=An Inaugural Pageantry, With Verse, Song and Surprise Meetings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/nyregion/an-inaugural-pageantry-with-verse-song-and-surprise-meetings.html?_r=0|accessdate=3 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1 January 2014}}{{cite news|title=Ramya Ramana - The Public Theater|url=https://www.publictheater.org/en/About/Archive/2014-01/Ramya-Ramana/?SiteTheme=JoesPub|accessdate=26 April 2017|work=The Public Theater|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Ramya Ramana - Brooklyn Book Festival|url=http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/ramya-ramana|publisher=Brooklyn Book Festival|accessdate=26 April 2017}} Ramana is a winner of the Youth Poet Laureate of New York City award.{{cite news|last1=Blanco|first1=Evie|title=Ramya Ramana, NYC’s Youth Poet Laureate, Takes Her Powerful Poetics to Guyana With Eve Ensler’s One Billion Rising Organization|url=http://thesource.com/2015/04/20/her-source-powerful-poetics-with-ramya-ramana/|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=The Source (retailer)|date=20 April 2015}} In 2015, Ramana was invited to participate in a local event in Guyana hosted by One Billion Rising a domestic violence awareness organization.{{cite news|title=Ramya Ramana in One Billion Rising For Justice Comes To NYC - Rise NYC|url=http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/o-Ul0cZ3YZ2/One+Billion+Rising+Justice+Comes+NYC+Rise/rIWDYl_fLx1/Ramya+Ramana|work=Livingly Media|language=en}}
Career
In 2014, Ramana won the New York Knicks Poetry Slam with a scholarship to St. John’s University.{{cite web|title=Brown Girl of the Month: Ramya Ramana|url=http://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2014/01/brown-girl-month-ramya-ramana-nyc-youth-poet-laureate-book-deal/|publisher=Brown Girl Magazine|accessdate=26 April 2017|date=1 January 2014}} In January 2014, Ramya was invited to read a poem titled New York City at the inauguration ceremony for Mayor Bill de Blasio.{{cite web|title=Youth Poet Laureate Ramya Ramana Reads at NYC Inauguration|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2014/01/youth-poet-laureate-ramya-ramana-reads-at-nyc-inauguration/|publisher=Poetry Foundation|accessdate=26 April 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Vagelatos|first1=Alexa|title=Freshman Ramya Ramana recites poem for Bill de Blasio’s opening ceremony|url=http://www.torchonline.com/news/2014/01/22/poet-reads-at-mayoral-inauguration/|accessdate=26 April 2017|work=The Torch (St. John's University)}} Ramana also appeared in a TV show Verses & Flow which was aired in 2014.{{cite web|title=Verses and Flow|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/verses-and-flow/episode-3-season-4/verses-and-flow/438337/|website=TVGuide.com|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}
As a Youth Poet Laureate, Ramana has been working with the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s voter education campaign.{{cite web|title=Consultation Day 2014 Performance by NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ramya Ramana - NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY|url=https://www.ngocsw.org/ngo-csw-forum/ngo-consultation-day/consultation-day-2014-performance-nyc-youth-poet-laureate-ramya-ramana|publisher=NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York|accessdate=26 April 2017}} In March 2014, she performed at the Joe's Pub at The Public.{{cite news|title=Ramya Ramana - Joe's Pub|url=https://publictheater.org/tickets/calendar/playdetailscollection/joes-pub/2014/r/ramya-ramana/|accessdate=3 May 2017|work=Joe's Pub|language=en}}
Notable poetries
- Miss America poem{{cite web|title=Miss America Poem madethis Dreamville TourStories|url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/23704055/Miss-America-Poem-madethis-Dreamville-TourStories|publisher=Behance|accessdate=3 May 2017}}{{cite web|title=Ramya Ramana - Miss America|url=http://www.theeternalgraffiti.com/ramya-ramana-miss-america/|publisher=Eternal Graffiti|accessdate=3 May 2017|date=18 August 2015}}
- New York City{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Young Poet Speaks at Inauguration|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000002628795/new-york-city-a-poem.html|accessdate=3 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1 January 2014}}
- It Is Not Your Problem{{cite news|title=Open City - Flow Nice|url=http://opencitymag.aaww.org/flow-nice/|accessdate=3 May 2017|work=Asian American Writers' Workshop|language=en}}{{cite news|title=The Indian teen who is New York City's Youth Poet Laureate|url=https://m.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-the-indian-teen-who-is-new-york-citys-youth-poet-laureate/20140109.htm|accessdate=3 May 2017|work=Rediff.com}}
- We Will No Longer Stay Silent to this Classism{{cite web|title="We Will No Longer Stay Silent to This Classism": NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ramya Ramana|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/2/we_will_no_longer_stay_silent|publisher=Democracy Now!|accessdate=26 April 2017}}
- Don't Drown Her in the Baptism{{cite book|title=Don't Drown Her in the Baptism|publisher=Penmanship Books|isbn=9780990012283|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25806065-don-t-drown-her-in-the-baptism|accessdate=26 April 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6188242|Ramya Ramana}}
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