Winner of the Shakti Bhatt Award 2024, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih writes poetry, drama and fiction in Khasi and English. His latest works are The Distaste of the Earth (Penguin), Funeral Nights (Westland/And Other Stories), Late-Blooming Cherries: Haiku Poetry from India (co-ed, HarperCollins) and Lapbah: Stories from the North-east (co-ed, Penguin). His other works include Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from the Northeast (co-ed, Penguin), The Yearning of Seeds (HarperCollins) and Time’s Barter: Haiku and Senryu (HarperCollins). He teaches literature at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.