Mitra Phukan is an Indian author who writes in English. She is also a translator and columnist. She is the author of The Collector's Wife (2005) , a novel set against the Assam Agitation

Assam Agitation

The Assam Agitation was a popular movement against undocumented migrants in Assam between 1979 and 1985. It is regarded as one of the most vibrant democratic mass movements of independent India...

 of the 1970s and 80s. The Collector's Wife was the one of the first generation novels in English written by an Assamese writer to be published by an international house. She is one of the most prominent literary voices in English from North-East India

North-East India

Northeast India refers to the easternmost region of India consisting of the contiguous Seven Sister States, Sikkim, and parts of North Bengal...

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She has written several books for children, and won the UNICEF-CBT award for children's writing for her book Mamoni's Adventure(1986). She regularly contributes to The Assam Tribune, and is a prominent member of the North East Writers' Forum.

Mitra Phukan is also a trained classical vocalist and writes regularly on music.

She lives in Guwahati

Guwahati

Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

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Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

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External links

• http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article2397962.ece?css=print
• Fiction : "The Reckoning"
• Fiction : "The Homecoming"
• Fiction : "Spring song"
• Italian translation of Mitra Phukan's Short Story "Spring Song"