About The Author

Priti Sengupta (Gujarati: પ્રીતિ સેનગુપ્તા) is a Gujarati language poet and writer from Gujarat, India. She received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 2006. She has written several travelogues. She wrote under the pseudonym ‘Ashakya’ and ‘Namumakin’.
Her first anthology of poems Juinu Jhumkhu (Collection of songs and Ghazals) was published in 1982, followed by Khandit Aakash (1985; Collection of free verse). Poorva, her first travelogue, was published in 1986, followed by Digdigant (1987), Soorajsange Dakshinpanthe, Kinare Kinare, Uttarottar, Man To Champanu Phool, Dhaval Aalok, Dhaval Andhar, Antim Kshitijo, Gharthi Doorna Ghar, Doorno Aave Saad, Deshdeshavar, Narni Vahe Chhe Nadi, Ek Pankhi Na Pinchha Saat, Noorna Kafala, Devo Sada Samipe and Khilya Mara Pagla. Her travelogues, written in English, includes My Journy to the Magnetic North Pole, White Days White Nights and Joy of Traveling Alone.