The Story of Shangmiyang

Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was an Indian writer and one of the pioneers of modern Assamese literature. He was the first ever Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, which was awarded to him in the year 1979 for his novel Mrityunjay (Immortal).

Suddhasattwa Basu is a renowned illustrator, painter and animation filmmaker. He studied fine arts at the Government College of Art and Crafts in Kolkata and then started his career as an artist and designer for the children's magazine, Target. The Song of a Scarecrow, his first book for children as a writer, won the Chitra Katha Award in 2002 and received an honourable mention at the Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, 2003.