Mitra Phukan

Mitra Phukan
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Indian
Period	1986 to present
Notable work(s)	The Collector's Wife

Mitra Phukan is an Indian author who writes in English. She is also a translator and columnist.^[1] 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.

Bibliography

• Mamoni's Adventure (1986, Children's Book Trust)
• The Collector's Wife (2005, Zubaan/Penguin)
• Terrorist Camp Adventure (2003, Scholastic)
• A Monsoon of Music (2011,Zubaan/Penguin )

See also

Novels portal

• Literature from North East India
• Indian English Literature

References

1. ^ SAWNET
2. ^ Profile in Pratilipi
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ Harmony Org
5. ^ A Bowstring Winter

External links

• http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article2397962.ece?css=print
• Fiction : "The Reckoning"
• Fiction : "The Homecoming"
• Fiction : "Spring song"
• Italian translation of Mitra Phukan's Short Story "Spring Song"

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