Alka Saraogi

Alka Saraogi is a Hindi author from Kolkata belonging to the Marwari diaspora. Her first novel, Kali-Katha Via Bypass, won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001, making her the youngest Hindi writer ever to win the award. She is also the recipient of the K.K. Birla Foundation Award, Indu Sharma International Katha Samman, Kalinga Literary Festival Book Award, Valley of Words (VoW) Award, Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Samman and Fakir Mohan National Literary Award. She was knighted ‘Cavaliere’ by the Government of Italy.

Saraogi has published nine novels and two short-story collections. She has been translated into many Indian regional languages as well as European languages, such as German, Italian, Spanish and French.