Arupa Patangia Kalita

Arupa Patangia Kalita has been reckoned as one of the mostpowerful voices in contemporary Assamese literature. She isa bold and acutely aware chronicler of her time. A teacher ofEnglish literature, she has also translated Toni Morrison's Th eBluest Eye into Assamese. She has published more than fi ft eenbooks besides numerous works in vernacular magazines andmany of them have been translated into diff erent Indian languagesand English. Th e English translation of her novel Felanee wasshortlisted for the Crossword Book Award. She has received theBharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award (1995), KATHA award (1998),Sahitya Sanskriti Award (2009), Lekhika Samaroh Sahitya award(2011) and most recently, the Sahitya Akademi award(2014). Ranjita Biswas is an award-winning translator of fi ction, ajournalist and travel writer. Her recent books include As theRiver Flows, a collection of Assamese stories published by HarperPerennial, Brahmaputra and the Assam Valley, a coff ee table book,and a collection of retold folktales from the North East for children.