Arun Gogineni

(he/him)

Arun Gogineni is a Telugu-Indian 19-year-old aspiring writer, musician and filmmaker living in Melbourne, Australia. Arun was born in the United Kingdom, but was raised in Hyderabad, India and has been living in Melbourne for 3 years.

Arun has been writing and has won awards for nonfiction for 5 years and writes about philosophy. Arun entered the poetry scene 3 months ago and is passionate to succeed with his work. Arun aims to produce work that forces humanity to look in the mirror, and believes that the marriage of art and philosophy allows the dismantling of prejudice. He hopes to produce art that will allow humanity to embrace the beauty of human diversity and normalise the absurdities that make us human. Arun performs music as well, and plays tenor saxophone, piano, and is beginning to play bass guitar.

Photo Credit: Daniel / Mossy Rock Photography