Beni Yanthan (Yanbeni)

Beni Yanthan (Yanbeni) is a writer belonging to the indigenous Lotha-Naga tribe of Nagaland. Her works, encompassing poetry, essays, reviews, and short stories, have been published in various journals, anthologies, magazines, newspapers, and forums such as Raiot, Sapiens, The Bangalore Review, The Bombay Literary Magazine, The Hindu, Outlook India, and Muse India. As an academic, her area of study includes folk culture, vernacular literature and languages, oral traditions, and literary theory. Beni Yanthan (Yanbeni) currently works as Assistant Professor of English at Nagaland University.