Tag: Sritama Sen

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Sritama Sen’s ‘There Used to Be a Lake Here Once’ declared runner-up at Muse India Young Writer Awards 2024

We are happy to share that Sritama Sen’s There Used to Be a Lake Here Once has been adjudged runner-up in the Ambika Ananth Award for Poetry category of this year’s Muse India Young Writer Awards. The judges’ citation described their book as ‘at once exceptional, impactful, and rich in poetry’. Says Sritama: “I am immensely grateful for this recognition, as it provides greater visibility to independently published queer and trans literature in India. I think this nomination really gave me […]

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There Used to Be a Lake Here Once

Author: Sritama Sen Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-968192-9-3 (9788196819293) About the Author Sritama Sen (she/they) is a queer poet, essayist and writer. Growing up in West Bengal, she completed her BA and MA in English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and has had her poetry and stories published in various literary zines. Their work explores themes of girlhood, trans identity and queerness in a Bengali context, without being restricted by literary genre conventions. This is […]

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