Dr. Sonali Pattnaik

Dr. Sonali Pattnaik is an award-winning feminist poet, author, academician, visual artist and activist who holds an MPhil and PhD in English from Delhi and Mumbai University. An alumna of LSR and St. Stephen's College she is erstwhile tenured Assistant Professor of English Kirori Mal College, Delhi University and Jai Hind College, Mumbai Uinversity. She has twenty years of teaching experience teaching in some of the finest colleges of Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad University. Her poetry and art have been published in esteemed national and international (print and digital journals) from across the globe. She is the recipient of the Orange Flower Award for Poetry in English 2022, WE Gifted Poet Award 2022, The International Excellence Award 2023, The Panorama Youth Literature Award 2023 and was most recently awarded the WE Trailblazer Poet-Teacher Award, 2024 for her creative and critical work. She is currently working on her debut novel.