Mitra Phukan is an award winning writer, translator, columnist and trained Shastriya Sangeet vocalist. Her eighteen published volumes include children’s books, biographies, (including on Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika,) three novels, “The Collector’s Wife” “A Monsoon of Music”, and “What Will People Say”. a collection of short stories, “A Full Night’s Thievery”, all brought out by major publishing houses. She has translated celebrated Assamese authors into English, including Jyanpeeth awardee Birendra Kumar Bhattacharjee’s, “Blossoms in the Graveyard” Sahitya Akademi Awardee Harekrishna Deka’s, “Guilt and other Stories” Arupa Patangia Kalita’s “The Owl, The River and the Valley” etc. She has selected, partly translated and edited “The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told” . Her column “All Things Considered” in the Assam Tribune is widely read.
She writes frequently on Indian music. Mitra Phukan’s works have been extensively anthologized and she herself has been translated into several other languages. Her fictions are taught in schools, colleges and universities across the country, and there are many research papers on them.
