Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Dr Easterine Kire is a poet, short story writer, children’s book writer and novelist from Nagaland. She published the first English novel by a Naga in 2003 entitled, A Naga Village Remembered (Ura Academy). Her second novel, A Terrible Matriarchy (Zubaan 2007) has been translated to Norwegian, German and Marathi. In addition, she has six books in German translation and one more in Norwegian.
Bitter Wormwood, (Zubaan 2011) her fourth novel, was shortlisted for The Hindu literary prize 2013. In 2011, she was awarded the Governor’s prize for excellence in Naga literature, and in 2013, she was awarded the “Free Word” by Catalan PEN, Barcelona. In 2016, she won the Hindu Literature Prize for her book, When the River Sleeps (Zubaan). Her book, Son of the Thundercloud (Speaking Tiger, 2016) has been awarded the Tata Litlive Book of the Year award in 2017. In 2018, Son of the Thundercloud, won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar. In 2019, When the River Sleeps won the inaugural Gordon Graham Prize for Naga Literature.
Easterine Kire writes poetry and has a band called Jazzpoesi. The band has given out a digital cd in summer 2013 that topped the Norwegian Jazz charts in summer. She is also founder member of a publishing house called Barkweaver Publications.
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