Naga Writers / Writers from the Naga Community
Naga is a name for writers from related communities in northeastern India, especially Nagaland and Manipur. There are thought to be 2.5 million people who are classified as Nagas. Where known, we try to specify which Naga tribe a writer may belong to (for instance, Temsula Ao is an Ao Naga poet).
Temsüla Ao (1945-2022): An Ao Naga poet, writer, and ethnographer who wrote in English. (Read our author profile here)
Avinuo Kire, Contemporary Naga writer from Nagaland. Aughor of The Power to Forgive and Other Stories (short stories), Where Wildflowers Grow a collection of poetry), and co-author of Naga Heritage Centre: People Stories. (Brief profile here)
Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton. A contemporary Lotha Naga writer, and author of A Girl Swallowed by a Tree (2017).
Easterine Kire Iralu (1959- ): An Angami Naga writer, poet, translator, and editor who writes in English. (Read our author profile here)