# The Magical Life of Inamorato

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- Published: 2022-01-10T18:52:21+00:00
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**Author: **Inam Hussain Begg Mullick[⌊A sample cover of the book: indigo coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-Magical-Life-of-Inamorato-scaled-1.jpeg)
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Pages:** 92 **Year of Publication:** 2021 **Price:** Rs 300 **ISBN:** 978-81-953583-
5-9 (9788195358359)

_**About the Author**_
 Born in 1985, Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning
poet, editor, photographer, composer, performance artiste and independent academic
residing in Kolkata. Inam’s publications include _Roses for the Madhouse_ (Cult 
of Beauty, 2010), _Winter’s Electric Architecture_ (Hawakal Publishers, 2016), _Freedom
Raga 2020: 74 Poets Pay Tribute to the 74th Edition of India’s Independence_ (Exceller
Books, 2020) coedited with Joie Bose, and _The Kolkata Cadence: Contemporary Kolkata
Poets_ (Hawakal Publishers, 2021) coedited with Jagari Mukherjee and Anindita Bose.
Inam is the Nodal Officer, _Poetry Paradigm_, Poetry Editor, _Erothanatos Journal_
and Founder-Editor, _The Quiver Review_. He writes the blog, **[The Inamorato Studio](https://www.inamorato.in/)**.
He studied English at Jadavpur University. Inam also teaches creative writing and
is a Tarot practitioner.

_**Teaser**_

_A Nocturne for Inamorata_

_For Jagari Mukherjee_

Sky-mermaids yodel
 to summer, we are in a marshy moment’s frenzy— your forests 
of ochre and ardour.

Barachiel
 besprinkles rose upon the hot desert and the dream-eyed camels,

Sandalphon guards
 the children of a white summer, Israfil’s song resonates in moondust
mansions and mulberry orchards— then our dialogues in water.

“Among this scented tea
 and wine, let’s speak of love, art and religious warfare.”

You ignore
 the rumours and navigate through the hair of my history with tender 
fingers—the pregnant dolphins of light.

I hiss at your nocturnal mouth’s solace,
 we even breathe silk.

_**Sample Reviews**_

“Inam Hussain Begg Mullick’s delicately nuanced poetry never fails to make an impact.
He explores the various emotions that flit in and out of every day life, mainly 
the emotional  entanglements that the inamorato inspires. The world has about it
a plethora of dreams and enchantment that can be seen in fragments of nature and
shards of sunlight. There is on occasion a self consciousness to the words and phrases
that Inam inserts though that in itself lends a different style to his verse. His
poetry has been making its presence felt for a fairly long time but time has added
maturity to his style and subjects.”

~ Anjana Basu

“It’s a surreal swirl of emotions induced by words beautifully flowing one to another
to create an ambience of poignancy laced with thoughtfulness, that takes you to 
your core and far beyond, this magical book of poetry, leaving you breathless…”

~ Ipsita Ganguli

“Inam Hussain Begg Mullick’s third book of poems _The Magical Life of Inamorato_
is a fascinating postmodern collage of word-play that juxtaposes cultural metaphors
among markets of poison and puzzles.”

~ Sanjukta Dasgupta

_**Contents**_
 59 poems

_**Recognition**_

Inam received the ‘International Excellence Award’ from Exceller Books in May, 2023.
His main submission was _The Magical Life of Inamorato_.

[⌊Picture of the International Excellence Award won by Inam Hussain Mullick.⌉⌊Picture
of the International Excellence Award won by Inam Hussain Mullick.⌉[