Easterine Kire (Nagaland, 1959) is a poet and novelist and holds a Doctorate in English Literature from the University of Pune. Considered one of the greatest literary voices in her region, she has written various books in English, including volumes of poetry, novels and short stories. Her first collection of poems, Kelhoukevira, and her first novel, A Naga Village Remembered, both written in English, were the first poetry collection and novel to be published by a writer from Nagaland. The author has been a pioneer in opening up the fascinating and vibrant traditional Naga culture to the rest of the world through her writing. With the aim of preserving and enhancing her mother tongue, Tenyidie, she has collected 200 oral poems in the language in addition to producing a translation into English.
Easterine Kire, poet, novelist and children’s writer from Nagaland, won The Hindu Prize, 2015, for her novel When the River Sleeps, a book about a lone hunter seeking a faraway river, to take from it a stone that will give him untold powers.
Sample Reading: When The River Sleeps
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