Sarmistha Pritam

About The Author

Sarmistha Pritam started her career as a contributor to various Assamese newspapers and magazines and is now a well-known name in the contemporary Assamese literary scene. She has won many prestigious awards like the Assam State Government Literary Award (2015), and the Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia Memorial Award (2021) among others.
 
She is also an advocate for people with spinal muscular atrophy, a severe genetic disorder, from which she has been suffering from childhood. Her autobiography, Atmakathaa, published in 2011, has since been translated into English and Hindi. Apart from novels, she has also penned a children’s book called Aalfulor Sopun.
 

Books by Sarmistha Pritam

Beneath the Simolu Tree
By Sarmistha Pritam
Translated by Ranjita Biswas
In a village in rural Assam, quiet, unassuming Paridhi grows up witnessing domestic violence at close quarters. The conservative society she inhabits, shapes and befuddles her. Her rebellion is silent—she submerges herself in a world of colour. Pebbles turn into objects of art in her hands. She w...
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