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. Interview
3. "India not shining". The Hindu, May 5, 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, February 9, 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.