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Rajee Seth was born in 1935 in Nowshera Cantt, a part of undivided India. She has a master’s in English Literature, and obtained proficiency in world religions and Indian Philosophy. She came to writing very late in life, but made her way in the world of letters very quickly. She writes in a variety of genres –poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, and translations. Her writings have been acclaimed for being a qualitative bridge between the classicist and modernist style of writing.

In addition to English, her work has been translated into German, Czech and many other languages of India. She has published two novels and 13 collections of short stories. Her works are prescribed in the post-graduate level in India and are also widely researched upon for Ph.D. and M.Phil. by research scholars. Her first novel Tatsam (1983) was acclaimed for its extraordinarily rich language and subtle tapestry of human interaction.

A reputed translator herself, she has translated herself, she has translated into Hindi 100 letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, several poems of Octavia Paz, Lakshmi Kannan and a book of children’s stories written by Japanese philosopher, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda. Rajee is a Life member of P.E.N. and was a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla from 1996-1999.