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Nandini Sahu
Nandini Sahu (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian poet and creative writer. She is the Vice Chancellor, Hindi University, West Bengal as well as Ex-Director, School of Foreign Languages and professor of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU], New Delhi. Her areas of research interest cover Indian Literature, New Literatures, Folklore and Culture Studies, American Literature, Children’s Literature and Critical Theory. She is the Chief Editor/Founder Editor of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language(IJLL), and Panorama Literaria, both bi-annual peer-reviewed journals in English.[1][2][3][4] She is also professor of English at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. She has written several books including poetry in English.[5][6] Her poetry has been published in India, US, UK, Africa and Pakistan.[7] She has won three gold medals in English literature and also the award of All India Poetry Contest in 1993 at Saint Xavier College, Ranchi and Shiksha Ratna Purashkar.[7][8][9] She is also editor in chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language[10] Early lifeSahu was born on 23 July 1973 in G. Udayagiri in Orissa, India. Her parents were teachers in Indian local schools. She and her five sisters grew up in an obedience life.[7] She has accomplished her doctorate in English literature under the guidance of Late Prof. Niranjan Mohanty, Prof. of English, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. She is also obtaining D.Litt, on Native American Literature.[9] She is serving as Professor of English language at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.[11] She has also attended national seminars.[12] Literary careerSahu has written several books including poetry collections. She is the Amazon best seller author with 17 books published. Her writings are based on the subjects of Indian-English Literature, American Literature, English Language Teaching (ELT), Folklore and Culture Studies and also Children's literature. The renowned Hindi Translator Dinesh Kumar Mali had translated her epic poetry Sita in Hindi,[13] her representative poems [14] as well as her stories. She has designed and developed programmes on Folklore and Culture studies for IGNOU.[9] She is also the editor-in-chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature And Language, New Delhi. Moreover, Sahu has delivered lectures on various subjects in India and abroad.[7][9] Awards
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