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Honoring Writers with Rewards and Recognition
The Ukiyoto Literary Awards recognize authors and/or literary works within as well as outside its publications which reflect quality literary and academic work due for its recognition and visibility.
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Samragngi Roy
Author of The Wizard of Festival Lighting: The Incredible Story of Sridhar Das
Fiction - Emerging Author of the Year
Samragngi Roy is a published author, an English coach, a writing coach and owns her own company, The English Drill, which offers English Language and English Literature courses to ICSE and ISC students. Her debut novel was published in 2017. Her new novel "The Wizard of Festival Lighting: The Incredible Story of Sridhar Das", an autobiography of the famous light artist, Sridhar Das, has been published in 2023 by the renowned Indian publishing house, Speaking Tiger Books, distributed by HarperCollins India internationally and has also been selected for a subsequent book adaptation. After graduating from St. Joseph's Convent with a 98% in her ISC, she has recently completed her Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She has presented academic papers at various International Conferences organized by Johns Hopkins University, USA, PopMec Gothic, Spain, University of Wroclaw, etc. Her academic papers have been published in various international journals. Her primary research interests include Popular Culture, Anime and Manga, Gothic Literature, Feminist Theory, Queer Studies, Children's and Young Adult Literature, Dalit Literature, Disability Studies and South East Asian Literature. She is currently pursuing MBA at the Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli. Her last published work was a collection of poems, "Velvet Verses", published by Bookleaf Publishing in May 2024.
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