Mamang Dai

Mamang Dai (born 23 February 1957) is an Indian poet, novelist and journalist based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

She published her first novel, The Legends of Pensam in 2006, which was followed by Stupid Cupid (2008) and The Black Hill (2014) Escaping the Land (2021).

River Poems (2004), The Balm of Time (2008) Hambreelmai's Loom (2014), Midsummer Survival Lyrics (2014) are her poetry collections.

She reflects upon the sense of a close knit community living in remoter towns and villages.

[7] Some of the positions that she has occupied include General Secretary of the Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society, member of the North East Writers’ Forum and General Council member of the Sahitya and Sangeet Natak Akademi.