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}}{{Infobox writer | name = Temsula Ao | image = Temsula Ao.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Temsula Ao during New Delhi World Book Fair in 2010 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place = Jorhat, Bengal Province, British India (Present-day Jorhat, Assam, India) | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Poet, Ethnographer | nationality = Indian | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Laburnum For My Head, These Hills Called Home: Stories From A War Zone | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Padma Shri (2007) Sahitya Akademi Award (2013)[1] | signature = | website = | portaldisp = }}Temsula Ao is a poet, short story writer and ethnographer. She is a retired Professor of English in North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), where she has taught since 1975.[2] In 2013, she received the Sahitya Akademi Award for her short story collection, Laburnum for My Head, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Literature.[3] BiographyTemsula Ao was born in October 1945 at Jorhat, Assam. She matriculated from Ridgeway Girls' High School, Golaghat, Assam. She received her B.A with Distinction from Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, Nagaland. She received her M.A in English from Gauhati University, Assam. From English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, she received her Post Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English and PhD from NEHU. From 1992–97 she served as Director, North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur on Deputation from NEHU, and was Fulbright Fellow to University of Minnesota 1985–86.[4][5]{{better source needed|reason=not reliable|date=April 2019}} She received the honorary Padma Shri Award in 2007. She is the recipient of the Governor's Gold Medal 2009 from the government of Meghalaya. She is widely respected as one of the major literary voices in English to emerge from Northeast India along with Mitra Phukan and Mamang Dai. Her works have been translated into German, French, Assamese, Bengali and Hindi.[6] PoetryShe has published five poetic works.
Her first two poetry collections were published from Writers Workshop, Kolkata. The third poetry collection was published by Kohima Sahitya Sabha and the fourth was published by North Eastern Hill University and the last one was by Grasswork Books, Pune. EthnographyWhen she was in the University of Minnesota as a Fulbright fellow, she came in contact with the Native Americans. She learned about their culture, heritage and especially their oral tradition. This exposure inspired her to record the oral tradition of her own community, Ao Naga. After returning from the University of Minnesota, she worked on the oral tradition for about twelve years. She collected the myths, folktales, folklore, rituals, law, custom, belief system. This ethnographic work was published in 1999 as the Ao-Naga oral tradition from Bhasha Publications, Baroda. This book is the most authentic document about the Ao-Naga community. Short storyTemsula Ao has published two short story collections. These Hills Called Home: Stories from the War Zone, Zubaan and Laburnum for my Head, Penguin India (2009).[1] The former short story collection consists of ten short stories and deals with insurgency in Nagaland fired by right to self-determination of the Naga people. Literary criticismShe published a book of literary criticism Henry James' Quest for an Ideal Heroine. It was published in 1989 from Writers Workshop. Online works
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite|title=Temsula Ao|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/temsula-ao/|publisher=Penguin India}} 2. ^{{cite|title=Temsula Ao talks about her life, books and society|url=http://www.thethumbprintmag.com/temsula-ao-talks-about-her-life-books-and-society/|publisher=The Thumb print}} 3. ^"Poets dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2013". Sahitya Akademi. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013. 4. ^Women's Writing {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120918114716/http://www.womenswriting.com/WomensWriting/AuthorProfileDetail.asp?AuthorID=143 |date=18 September 2012 }} 5. ^{{cite|title=Temsula Ao Sahitya Akademi Award Awarded In 2013|url=http://www.edubilla.com/award/sahitya-akademi-award/temsula-ao/}} 6. ^Five artistes to receive Governor’s Award 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714120406/http://www.morungexpress.com/local/31038.html |date=14 July 2011 }} 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015}} External links
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