Lopa Banerjee

Background

About Lopa Banerjee

Publications:'Thwarted Escape: An Immigrant's Wayward Journey'(2016), Honorable Mention at Los Angeles Book Festival 2017, recipient of the Journey Awards (Narrative Nonfiction) hosted by Chanticleer Reviews and Media LLC Bakul Katha: Tale of the Emancipated Woman (2021), English translation of Padma Shree, Gyanpith awardee feminist litterateur Ashapurna Debi's much famed novel.'Woman And Her Muse: Poetry and Memoir'(2018), featured at The Sunday Statesman, Get Bengal, Kolkata 24x7, Setu mag.'All That Jazz & Other Pathbreaking Tales'(2020), a collection of a romance novella and 10 women-oriented short stories, Honorary Mention, New England Book Festival 2020 'The Broken Home And Other Stories'(2017): English translation of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's selected works of fiction, released at Delhi Litexperia, India.'Let The Night Sing'(2017) a poetry collection, published by Global Fraternity of Poets, featured/reviewed at renowned journals (Cafe Dissensus, The Sunday Statesman) Co-editor of 4 critically acclaimed anthologies (fiction and poetry) Editor and co-author of 'The Body of Memories: A Collection of Memoirs & Personal Essays'(upcoming in December 2021) Poet, short story writer (published in 60+ mags/journals/anthologies), columnist and book reviewer with an academic background in English Literature and Creative Writing both in India and in the US. Awards/Honors: Woman Achiever Award at International Women's Short Film Festival (IWSFF 2018), Nandan, Kolkata. International Reuel Prize for translation (2016) instituted by The Significant League, a literary group and Autism Village Project Trust. International Reuel Prize for Poetry (2017), instituted by The Significant League and Autism Village Project Trust. Featured poet/artist at Dark Moon Poetry, Dallas, April 2017 and March 2018 Featured poet/spoken words artist, QPOC Open Mic Night, in the category of 'Woman-of-Color', J Erik Jonsson Library, Dallas, September 2018 Invited at Poet Delegate (Woman-of-Color poet/writer, Bilingual writer and Translator) for Houston PoetryFest at the campus of Rice University, Houston, TX.