Jagari
Mukherjee holds an MA in English Language and Literature from University of
Pune, and was awarded a gold medal and several prizes by the University for
excelling in her discipline. Her poems and other creative pieces have been
published in different venues both in India and abroad. She is a Best of the
Net 2018 nominee, a DAAD scholar from Technical University, Dresden, Germany, a
Bear River alumna, and the winner of the Poeisis Award for Excellence in Poetry
2019, among other awards. She recently won the Reuel International Prize for
Poetry 2019. Her first poetry collection entitled Blue Rose was published by
Bhashalipi, Kolkata, and her first chapbook is forthcoming this year from
Cherry-House Press, Illinois, USA. She is currently pursuing a PhD from Seacom
Skills University, Bolpur, India.