Dr. Prabhat Ranjan is a noted Hindi writer with three short story collections and acclaimed works across genres. His book Jaduyi Yatharth ka Jadugar Márquez marked the first major Hindi study on Gabriel García Márquez, while Kothagoi, an exploration of Muzaffarpur’s courtesan culture, won him the Dwarka Prasad Agrawal Young Writer Award at the Jaipur Literature Festival. His novel Qissagram and memoir Paltu Bohemian showcase his narrative range, and he has translated nearly twenty-five books from English into Hindi. Recipient of the Sahara Samay Katha Samman, Premchand Katha Samman, Krishna Baldev Fellowship, and the ABP News Best Blogger Award, he is regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Hindi literature.