Anita Agnihotri

Anita Agnihotri (born 1956) is an Indian Bengali writer and civil servant.[1]

Early life

Agnihotri was born and spent her childhood in Kolkata. She commenced her writing career at an early age, contributing to the children's magazine Sandesh. [2] The writer Bimal Kar encouraged her to pursue a literary career. Agnihotri earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Presidency College in Kolkata. She graduated with a Masters in economics from Calcutta University and a Masters in Development Economics from the University of East Anglia.

Career

Agnihotri has been an Indian Administrative Service officer since 1980.[3] Her work has been translated into English, German and Swedish, as well as the major Indian languages.

Selected works

  • Forest Interludes - translated by Kalpana Bardhan
  • The Awakening - trans. Nandini Guha[4]
  • Seventeen - trans. Arunava Sinha[5]
  • Those Who Have Known Love[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bio
  2. ↑ Daftuar, Swati (12 September 2014). "From the other side". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "India not shining". The Hindu, 5 May 2012 ABDULLAH KHAN
  4. ↑ "Good eyes, evil eyes". Deccan Herald, 28 November 2009 Satarupa Sengupta
  5. ↑ "Anita Agnihotri’s Seventeen, a collection of short stories, many from India UnShining, delights with its insights into human nature.". Women's Web, 9 February 2012 Review by Aparna V. Singh
  6. ↑ Juris Dilevko; Keren Dali; Glenda Garbutt (2011). Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation. ABC-CLIO. pp. 133–. ISBN 978-1-59158-353-0.
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