Meet Pragya Gogoi , Young Author from Assam

Pragya Gogoi is a 20-year-old award-winning writer, poet, engineer, Robotics CAD designer and
musician hailing from the North-eastern state of Assam, India. A literature enthusiast since primary
school days, the seeds of creative writing and poetry germinated in her heart at a young age of eight.
After years of experimenting with manifold writing styles and genres, winning umpteen
competitions and writing for various online platforms, she debuted as an author with her poetry
collection “Whispers of a Nyctophile” that hit the Amazon bestseller list within just a month of
release. “Whispers of a Nyctophile” is a staggering collection of poetry exhibiting a plethora of
emotions of love, heartbreak, strength, nostalgia, childhood, harsh realities plaguing the world and
beauty of nature- all under one roof. The book comprises of both long and short poems penned with
strong vocabulary on diversified topics, written over a span of merely 3 days. Pragya holds the
record of being the youngest Indian author to write a best-selling debut book in just 3 days. The
Hindustan Times and Outlook India have listed her book among 13 most impactful reads in modern
literature and 10 must read books in contemporary Indian literature respectively. Recently, The
Week Magazine honoured her as one of the 10 writers who powered through the world with their
books. Pragya has also co-authored around 10 poetry books and has written for many National and
International magazines. She has won more than 15 awards for her contribution to literature till
date. “Whispers of a Nyctophile” got nominated to the LITFEST 2020-21 edition and Pragya got
nominated for the “Author of the Year Award” in the same LITFEST. She soon won the 1st award for
her book- LITERARY ICON FOR 2020 in the LITFEST 2020-21. It was followed by Best Debut Author
Award 2020, Achiever of the Year 2020 award in Literature, Young Achiever’s Award by IAF, Best
Author Poetry in Cherry Book Awards, TZP Award for Excellence in Literature, Literary Voice Best
Female Poetry award, All India Best Writer Award (AIBA), Sahitya Kosh Samman 2021, SHE Awards
2021 Winner, Spectrum Inspiring Indian Women Award 2021, Winner- Tagore Commemorative
Award 2021,Winner-Best Author by We Got Talent Awards, Best Author Poetry- Poetic Caesura Book
Awards, Winner- India Prime Icon Awards 2021, Winner- Prestigious Literary Award 2021, Author
Pages- Best Poetry Award 2021 Nominee( Results yet to be declared). She has also made it to the list
of 100 Inspiring Authors of India 2021 by Indian Awaaz Foundation. She is currently writing her next
2 books- her second volume of poems and a romantic thriller set in Kolkata. Pragya is a great
robotics enthusiast who, designs and manufactures robots along with her team for various National
and International Competitions, representing her University, winning many distinguished awards for
the same.