Naman Dhawaskar Sawant is a winner of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2011 from Goa.She has publisheda collection of her essays titled ‘Muktamann’, which fetched the Utkrushta Sahitya…
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P.N. Gopikrishnan, from Thrissur district of Kerala, is a notable presence in the Malayalam poetry scene. His important works include Madiyarude Manifesto, IdikkalooriPanampattadi (poetry collection), Ente Jeevithathile Ettavum Aadyathe Sthree…
The winner of the prestigious SahityaAkademiYuvaSahityaPuraskarin 2016 for his poetry collection ‘Sulus’, Anweshahails from Goa and prefers to call herself a worker of Konkani, rather than a writer. She had…
Manoranjan is the Gateway LitFest writer of the year. The convict-turned-rickshaw puller-turned writer is a socio-political activist. Known as the pioneer of Dalit literature in Bengali, he was nakedly illiterate…
Ranjit is an acclaimed poet and a seminal art critic from Maharashtra but writes mostly in English. His most recent collection of poetry is Jonahwhale (2018). His other volumes of…
Irawati Karnik is a budding young theatre person and an all-rounder at that! She has worked as an actor, has directed plays and even written them. Her first brush with…
A graduate of Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, multiple award winning screenwriter, video artist, producer and filmmaker, Vipin Vijay’s works are made under strict independent codes and defy…
The winner of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Sahitya Puraskar 2016 for the poetry collection titled ‘Sulus’, Anwesha Singbal from Goa doesn’t call herself a writer – trait of her…
Born in 1986, Suneel Krishnan, an ayurvedic doctor by profession, hails from a small town Karaikudi, Tamilnadu. He belongs to a family of traditional siddha medicine practitioners. His father Dr….
Manu S. Pillai is an Indian author known for his debut non-fiction Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore, for which he won 2017’s Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award. Rebel…
