Moushumi Kandali
Moushumi Kandali | |
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| Born | Assam,India |
| Occupation | Writer, Art Historian, Academician |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Assamese literature |
| Subject | Contemporary |
| Notable works | Lambada Nachor Seshot Tritiyottor Golpo Mockdrill The Black Magic women |
| Relatives | Swapnarka Arnan (Son) Khudindra Nath Kandali (Father) Tarulata Kandali (Mother) Monimala Kandali (Sister) Mallika Kandali(Sister) |
Moushumi Kandali(Assamese:মৌচুমী কন্দলী) is a writer, historian and translator fromAssam,India.[1][2]Kandali won the Munin Barkataki Award in 2000 for her first collection of short stories,Lambada Nachor Seshot,which was published in 1998. She is a researcher and writer of fiction as well as art. She works as an assistant professor in the Department of Cultural Studies inTezpur University,Assam.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Kandali graduated fromCotton College,Guwahati. In 1998, she received her master's degree in philosophy with a Gold Medal fromGauhati University.She then obtained her master's degree in Art History and Aesthetics from MS University, Baroda. She also received her Doctorate in Fine Arts from the same university.[3]
Career[edit]
She translated Salvador Dalí's Diary of A Genius intoAssamese language.She has also translated Mishing folk poetry into English (Listen My Flower-bud: Mishing Oral Poetry of Assam) and it was published by theSahitya Akademiin 2008.[4]In 2022, an English translation of her story,The Black Magic Womenwas published.[5][2][6]
References[edit]
- ^"Interview with Dr. Moushumi Kandali on her book 'The Black Magic Women'".Frontlist.in. 23 April 2022.Retrieved20 May2023.
- ^abSangeeta Barooah Pisharoty (25 June 2022)."Assam, the Myth of Black Magic Women and Its Relevance Today".Thewire.in.Retrieved20 May2023.
- ^ab"Moushumi Kandali".Tezpur University.Retrieved30 April2022.
- ^"ART of being".www.thehindu.com. 14 August 2013.Retrieved12 May2023.
- ^"The Black Magic Women (Stories from North-east India)".penguin.co.in.Retrieved12 May2023.
- ^Soumitra Das (15 May 2022)."Weaving a Spell".The New Indian Express.Retrieved20 May2023.
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