Anamika is a contemporary Indian poet, social worker and novelist writing in Hindi, and a critic writing in English. My Typewriter Is My Piano is her collection of poems translated into English. She is known for her feminist poetry.
Early life and education
Anamika was born on 17 August 1961 in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. She pursued a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Lucknow in 1985. Her current topic of research as a fellow at Teen Murti Bhawan, Delhi is "A Comparative Study of Women in Contemporary British and Hindi poetry". She is currently teaching English Literature at a college affiliated to the University of Delhi. ==Works==
• 2020 - Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetry ''Tokri Mein Digant 'Their Gatha': 2014'' She is the first and only female poet to have won the prize in the award's 65-year history. ==References==