1. Mamang Dai was born on 23 February 1957 and is an Indian poet, novelist and journalist based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
16 Facts About Mamang Dai
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Mamang Dai received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her novel The Black Hill.
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Mamang Dai was born on 29 February 1957 at Pasighat, East Siang district, to Matin Dai and Odi Dai.
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Mamang Dai completed her schooling from Pine Mount School, Shillong, Meghalaya.
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Mamang Dai completed her Bachelor in English literature from Gauhati University, Assam.
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Mamang Dai was selected for the IAS in 1979, but later she left the post to pursue her career in journalism.
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Mamang Dai is the first woman from her state to be selected for IAS.
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Mamang Dai has worked in radio, as well as TV-AIR and DDK, Itanagar where she worked as an anchor and conducted interviews.
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Mamang Dai was appointed programme officer at Worldwide Fund for Nature, known as WWF, where she worked in the Eastern Himalayas Biodiversity Hotspots programme.
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Mamang Dai was the former secretary of Itanagar Press Club.
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Mamang Dai was the president of Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists.
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Mamang Dai published her first novel, The Legends of Pensam in 2006, which was followed by Stupid Cupid and The Black Hill Escaping the Land.
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Mamang Dai then moved from the theme of the self to focus on a larger reality.
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Mamang Dai reflects upon the sense of a close knit community living in remoter towns and villages.
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Mamang Dai received Padma Shri in 2011 from the Government of India.
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Mamang Dai received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her novel The Black Hill.