Mohanty, Sharmistha

Sharmistha Mohanty's two earlier books of fiction, Book One and New Life, situated her as one of the most exciting innovative writers currently working in India. She has also translated a selection of Rabindranath Tagore's prose works, Broken Nest and Other Stories, and is currently on the International Faculty for the Creative Writing MFA at the City University of Hong Kong. She has received fellowships from the Ministry of Culture in India, and the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany.