Sanghamitra phukan biography channel

Mitra Phukan is a writer, translator, columnist and trained classical vocalist who lives in Guwahati, Assam. Her published works include four children’s books, a biography, two novels—The Collector’s Wife and A Monsoon of Music—and a collection comprising fifty of her newspaper columns, titled Guwahati Gaze.

In addition, her short stories have appeared in various journals. Her works have been translated into several Indian and European languages.

Sanghamitra phukan biography channel

Excerpts from an interview conducted earlier in 2020:

Could you walk us through your journey; how you chose to be a writer, translator and vocalist? 

Mitra Phukan: My parents were both writers …my mother wrote fiction, in Assamese, my father science based pieces.

Several of my uncles wrote, too, as did my grandfather. It was something that many in our family did. So I took to writing small pieces first, for various publications, got prizes, and was encouraged to take it furthe