CHATTERJEE, Debjani

CHATTERJEE, Debjani. Indian, b. 1952. Genres: Children's fiction, Mythology/Folklore, Local history/Rural topics. Career: Sheffield Racial Equality Council, Sheffield, England, director, 1984-94; Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council, Oxford, England, director, 1994-; writer, storyteller, and poet. Worked in the steel industry, in education, and in community relations. Does occasional broadcasts for the BBC. Publications: FOR CHILDREN: The Elephant-Headed God and Other Hindu Tales, 1989; The Monkey God and Other Hindu Tales, 1993; (trans.) Rabindranath Tagore, The Parrot's Training, 1993; Nyamia and the Bag of Gold, 1994; Sufi Stories from around the World, 1994; The Most Beautiful Child, 1996. OTHER: The Role of Religion in a Passage to India, 1984; (ed. with Chris Searle) Peaces: Poems for Peace, 1987; (ed. and contrib.) I Was That Woman (poetry collection), 1989; (ed. with Rashida Islam) Barbed Lines (bilingual anthology), 1990; (ed. with William Scammell) Northern Poetry: Vol II, 1991; (ed. with John Lyons, Cheryl Martin, and Lemn Sissay, and contrib.) The Sun Rises in the North, 1992; (ed. with Rehana Choudhury, Karabi Ghosh, and Rashida Islam) Sweet and Sour (bilingual anthology), 1993; Author of an oral history account of the Bangladeshi community in Sheffield, Sheffield City Libraries, 1994. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council, Macclesfield House, Tidmarsh Lane, Oxford OX1 1NA, England.