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Mamang Dai
Indian poet, novelist and journalist
Mamang Dai is an Indian poet, novelist and journalist based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
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She received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her novel The Black Hill.
Life
Mamang Dai was born on 29 February 1957 at Pasighat, East Siang district, to Matin Dai and Odi Dai. Her family belongs to the Adi tribe.
She completed her schooling from Pine Mount School, Shillong, Meghalaya. She completed her Bachelor in English literature from Gauhati University, Assam.[1][2]
She was selected for the IAS in 1979, but later she left the post to pursue her career in journalism.
She is the first woman from her state to be selected for IAS.[3] While working as a journalist, she contributed to The Telegraph, Hindustan Times and The Sentinel.[4] She has also worked in radio, as well as TV-AIR and DDK, Itanagar where she worked as an anchor and conducted interviews.[5][6]
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