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
- ↑ Bio
- ↑ Interview
- ↑ "India not shining". The Hindu, May 5, 2012 ABDULLAH KHAN
- ↑ "Good eyes, evil eyes". Deccan Herald, 28 November, 2009 Satarupa Sengupta
- ↑ "Anita Agnihotri’s Seventeen, a collection of short stories, many from India UnShining, delights with its insights into human nature.". Women's Web, February 9, 2012 Review by Aparna V. Singh
- ↑ 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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