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Easterine Kire Iralu is a writer from Nagaland. She writes in English and has written several stories and poems. She wrote the first ever English Naga novel which was published. It was called A Naga Village Remembered. This was her first novel. She writes about Nagaland and has established a connect a between the Naga culture and the rest of the world. She has translated a lot of poems from her native language (Tenyidie) to English. She has also written children books. She has a PhD in English Literature from Pune University. Some of her books authored by her Mari, A Terrible Matriarchy and Bitter Wormwood.

In 2011, she was awarded the Governor’s Medal for Excellence in Naga Literature. Catalan PEN, Barcelona gave her the Free Voice award in 2013. A Terrible Matriarchy was selected by Indian Literature Abroad for translation into the UN languages. Bitter Wormwood was shortlisted for The Hindu Prize 2011.