Hemant Divate (1967) is a Marathi poet, editor, publisher, translator and poetry activist. He is the author of seven poetry collections in Marathi. His most recent book in Marathi is Paranoia, awardedby Govt. of Maharashtra’s Kavi Keshavsut Purskar. He has a book each in Spanish, Irish, Arabic, German and Estonian apart from five in English. His poems have also been translated into more than 30 international languages.His publishing house, Paperwall Publishing, has published (under its Poetrywala imprint) more than 150 poetry collections.