Debjani Chatterjee is an award-winning Indian-born poet, editor, translator, children’s writer & founder of Sahitya Press. She has written and edited over 50 books, including a number of poetry collections. Sheffield Hallam University awarded her an honorary doctorate for literature, the arts & community service. In 2008 she received an MBE. Her many residencies have included ones at York St John University, the Ilkley Literature Festival, Bedfordshire Schools, Kelvin Grove Museum & Art Gallery and Sheffield Children’s Hospital and the Millennium Galleries.
As a children’s writer and storyteller, Debjani’s retelling of traditional tales was selected for the Children’s Boos of the Year, and her multilingual interactive play The Honoured Guest was toured by Twisting Yarn Theatre and published by Faber & Faber in Plays for Children 2.
