7 7 CONTRIBUTORS
Born in 1974, Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay wrote her first poem at 13, and was published for the first time at 25. Her first novel, Sankhini, was a critical as well as commercial success. She has written over fifteen novels and sixty short stories in Bengali, and her novels Panty and Abandon have been published in English translation in India (Penguin Random House, HarperCollins) and the UK (Tilted Axis Press). She lives and writes in Calcutta.
Benyamin has published eighteen books in
Malayalam including eight novels and three short story collections. His most famous work, ‘Goat days’ is translated into many languages including English, Arabic, Thai and Napali. It is a text book for many universities and received Kerala Literature Academy Award in 2009 and long listed for Man Asian Literature Prize 2013 and Short listed for DSC prize 2014. His other major works include Euthanasia, Second book of Prophets, Yellow lights of death and Al Arabian Novel factory.
K. R. Meera is an Indian author, who
writes in Malayalam. She was born in Sasthamkotta, Kollam district in Kerala. She worked as a journalist in Malayala Manorama. She started writing fiction in 2001 and her first short story collection Ormayude Njarambu was published in 2002. Since then she has published five collections of short stories, two novellas, five novels and two children's books. She won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for her short-story, Ave Maria. Her novel Aarachaar (2012) is widely regarded as one of the best literary works produced in Malayalam language. It received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2013), Odakkuzhal Award (2013), Vayalar Award (2014) and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (2015). It was also shortlisted for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
Manisha Kulshreshtha is a popular
Hindi writer. She is the author of four novels and seven short story collections. Her recent and well received novel Swapnpash tells the story of the life of a schizophrenic female painter. She has received several awards and fellowships. She is currently working on a biographical novel based on famed Hindi writer Bhartendu Harishchandra’s protégé and companion, Mallika. And getting Senior fellowship from ministry of culture for a travelogue based on traveling on Path of MEGHDOOTAM (cloud messanger) of Kalidas. She received a senior fellowship from the ministry of culture for a travelogue about Kalidas’s lyric poem Meghaduta (Cloud Messenger).
