Nandini Sahu is a poet and a creative writer of international repute, has been widely published in India, U.S.A, U.K., Africa and Pakistan.. She is a major voice in contemporary Indian English literature. Presently she is the Director, School of Foreign Languages and Professor of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University , New Delhi. Dr. Sahu has designed academic programmes/courses on Folklore and Culture Studies, Children’s Literature and American Literature for IGNOU. Her areas of research interest cover Indian Literature, New Literatures, Folklore and Culture Studies, American Literature, Children’s Literature and Critical Theory. She is the Chief Editor/Founder Editor of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language, and Panorama Literaria, both bi-annual peer-reviewed journals in English. She is also professor of English at the Indira GandhiNational Open University, New Delhi, India. She has written several books including poetry in English. She is an acclaimed poet Her poetry is widely circulated in India, US, UK, Africa and Pakistan. She has won three gold medals in English literature and also the award of All India Poetry Contest in 1993 at Saint Xavier College, Ranchi and Shiksha Ratna Purashkar. She is also editor in chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language
Early life
Sahu was born on 23 July 1973 in G. Udayagiri in Orissa, India. Her parents were teachers in Indian local schools. She and her five sisters grew up in an obedience life. SShe has accomplished her doctorate in English literature under the guidance of Late Prof. Niranjan Mohanty, Prof. of English, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. She is also obtaining D.Litt, on Native American Literature. She is serving as an associate professor of English language at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. She has also attended national seminars.
Literary career
Sahu began her writings in early age. She has written several books including poetry collections. Her writings are based on the subjects of Indian-English Literature, American Literature, English Language Teaching, Folklore and Culture Studies and also Children's literature. The renowned Hindi Translator Dinesh Kumar Mali had translated her epic poetry Sita in Hindi, her representative poems as well as her stories. She has designed and developed programmes on Folklore and Culture studies for IGNOU. She is also the editor-in-chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature And Language, New Delhi. Moreover, Sahu has delivered lectures on various subjects in India and abroad. An author wrote;
