Mitra Phukan

Mitra Phukan
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Assamese
Period 1986 to present
Notable works The Collector's Wife

Mitra Phukan (Assamese: মিত্ৰা ফুকন) is an Indian author who writes in English. She is also a translator and columnist.[1]

The Collector's Wife

She is the author of The Collector's Wife (2005) ,[2] a novel set against the Assam Agitation of the 1970s and 80s.[3] The Collector's Wife was the one of the first generation novels in English written by an Assamese writer to be published by an international house. She is one of the most prominent literary voices in English from North-East India.

She has written several books for children,[4] and won the UNICEF-CBT award for children's writing for her book Mamoni's Adventure(1986). She regularly contributes to The Assam Tribune, and is a prominent member of the North East Writers' Forum.

Mitra Phukan is also a trained classical vocalist[5] and writes regularly on music.

She lives in Guwahati, Assam.

Works

See also

References

  1. ↑ SAWNET
  2. ↑ Profile in Pratilipi
  3. ↑ "The Collector's Wife/Mitra Phukan". Vedamsbooks.com. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  4. ↑ Harmony Org
  5. ↑ A Bowstring Winter

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