1 - 5 February 2024 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur

MAMANG DAI

WRITER & POET

Mamang Dai is a poet and novelist from Arunachal Pradesh. A former journalist, Dai’s first publication, Arunachal Pradesh, the hidden landdocumented the culture and customs of her state for which she received the Verrier Elwin Award. Her other publications include novels, poetry and children’s literature. Dai also worked with the Worldwide Fund for Nature in the Eastern Himalayas Biodiversity Hotspots programme. In 2011, she was awarded the Padma Shri for literature and education.

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