Hi. Let me give few details about Gieve Patel - The poet of the poem "On Killing a Tree"..
Gieve Patel was an Indian poet, playwright, painter, as well as a physician. He was born on 18 August 1940 in Bombay (now Mumbai) and died on 3 November 2023 in Pune. He belonged to a group of writers who had subscribed themselves to the Green Movement which was involved in an effort to protect the environment. His poems speak of deep concerns for nature and expose man’s cruelty to it. His notable poems include, How Do You Withstand (1966), Body (1976), Mirrored Mirroring (1991) and On killing a tree. He also wrote three plays, titled Princes (1971), Savaksa (1982) and Mr. Behram (1987). He retired from his medical practice in 2005 and devoted himself to the art field. He was considered to be one of the important painters who portrayed the social reality parallel to the prominent painters of the Baroda School. Through his paintings, Patel explored contemporary life, with a focus on its complexity and beauty
