SUPRIYA VAKIL

Birth Date : 12/04/1900
WHO HAILS FROM KOLHAPUR, HOLDS DEGREES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION. HE IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE THREE MEDIUMS OF RADIO, TELEVISION AND LITERATURE. SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE FIELD OF INDEPENDENT WRITING AND TRANSLATION. SHE HAS WORKED AS A NEWS CORRESPONDENT FOR A LOCAL TELEVISION CHANNEL IN KOLHAPUR FOR 13 YEARS AND IS AN ACCLAIMED POETESS OF ALL INDIA RADIO. HE IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN VARIOUS LITERARY AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. MAFAL AND UTSAV ARE HIS COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND POPCORN IS HIS COLLECTION OF PROSE. HIS MARATHI TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH LITERARY WORKS BY INDIAN AND FOREIGN AUTHORS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED. (INCLUDING LITERATURE BY HILLARY CLINTON, ARUN SHOURIE, JRD TATA, DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM, KIRAN BEDI, KHUSHWANT SINGH, TASLIMA NASREEN, CHETAN BHAGAT, ETC.) GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA BEST LITERARY AWARD, SWAMI KAR RANJIT DESAI BEST TRANSLATION AWARD, APTE READING MANDIR, ICHALKARANJIS BEST TRANSLATED LITERARY AWARD, TUKA MHANE AWARD, ASHIRWAD AWARD, SPECIAL AWARD FROM DAKSHIN MAHARASHTRA SAHITYA PARISHAD. SHE HAS BEEN HONORED WITH MANY AWARDS LIKE YUVA GAURAV PURASKAR, PATRAKAR PURASKAR AND MUKTAI PRAKASHAN (KOLHAPUR) SAI SAMRAJNI PURASKAR 2018.