Mamang Dai

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mamang Dai
Occupation	Author
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1957(1957-02-23)
Age	67
Birthplace	Pasighat
Country	India
Birth City	Arunachal Pradesh
Horoscope	Aquarius

Mamang Dai Biography

Mamang Dai is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on February 23, 1957 in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Mamang Dai was born 23 February 1957 in Pasighat, East Siang District to Matin Dai (and Odi Dai) Her family is Adi. She attended Pine Mount School in Shillong, Meghalaya, where she completed her schooling. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature at Gauhati University, Assam.

She was named programme officer at World Wide Fund for Nature (also known as WWF), where she worked on the Eastern Himalayas Biodiversity Hotspots program. She was also the secretary of Itanagar Press Club. She is currently the president of Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists. She was elected to the Arunachal Pradesh state service commission in 2011.

Some of the positions that she has occupied comprise General Secretary of the Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society, member of the North East Writers’ Forum and General Council member of the Sahitya and Sangeet Natak Akademi.

In 2011, she was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India. Her book Arunachal Pradesh, The Hidden Land was awarded the Annual Verrier Elwin prize by Arunachal Pradesh in 2013. In 2017, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for her novel The Black Hill.

Mamang Dai Net Worth

Mamang Dai is one of the richest Author from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mamang Dai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1979, she was chosen for the IAS. Later, she left the position to pursue a career in journalism. She was the first woman to be selected for IAS from her state. She was a journalist and contributed to The Telegraph as well as The Hindustan Times, The Sentinel, and The Sentinel. She has worked in radio as well as TV-AIR, DDK, Itanagar. She was an anchor and conducted interviews.

Arunachal Pradesh, The Hidden Land (2003) and Mountain Harvest, The Food of Arunachal (2004) are her non-fictional works. Her illustrated folklore texts include Once Upon a Moontime (2003) and The Sky Queen (2003). In 2006, she published The Legends of Pensam. This was followed by Stupid Cupid (2008), and The Black Hill (2014). River Poems (2004) Hambreelsai’s Loom (2008), Midsummer Survival Lyrics (2013) are some of her poetry collections. The Balm of Time was also published in Assamese under El Balsamo Del YTiempo.

Mamang Dai is an Indian poet, novelist and journalist based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. She received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her novel The Black Hill.

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Mamang Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Mamang Dai celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.

Where is Mamang Dai from?

Pasighat

Does mamang Dai write in English?

Mamang Dai is a poet and novelist writing in English , from Arunachal Pradesh in India’s northeast.

Who is the famous poet of Arunachal Pradesh?

Mamang Dai
Language| Adi English
Nationality| Indian
Notable works| The Sky Queen Stupid Cupid Mountain Harvest: The Food of Arunachal Pradesh River Poems
Notable awards| Padma Shri (2011) Sahitya Akademi Award (2017)

What is the literature of Arunachal Pradesh?

The twentieth century brought written literature to Arunachal Pradesh. The embrace of modern education stirred the artistic zeal in a few fertile minds and after 1947 we began to see the writings of authors such as Tagang Taki, Lummer Dai, YD Thongchi, Rinchin Norbu Moiba, Samuru Lunchang and Kensam Kenglam.