Mamang Dai

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Poet & Novelist, India

Mamang Dai lives in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. She is a Padma Shri awardee, and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, for her novel The Black Hill, in English. Her latest publication is the novel Escaping the Land. A former journalist, Dai also worked with World Wide Fund for nature in the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspots programme. In 2003 she received the state Verrier Elwin Award for her book Arunachal Pradesh – The Hidden Land featuring the culture, folklore and customs of Arunachal’s different communities.

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TATA LITERATURE LIVE! 2023 POET LAUREATE

28th October
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Presentation to Mamang Dai
followed by a conversation with Anjum Hasan

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Mamang Dai, Anjum Hasan

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