Prakalpa Ranjan Bhagawati is a poet, writer and translator. His first collection of Assamese poems Baladharohi Aru Anyanya Kabita (The Bullock Rider and Other Poems) received critical acclaims. His poems have been translated into English, Malayalam, Nepali and Bengali and appeared in leading publications. He also edited Asamiya Pariparshik Kabita, an anthology of Assamese eco-poems. He has published two collections of critical essays, three translated books and a few edited books. He is a founder editor of Poetry without Fear, a bilingual magazine of poetry.