Mamang Dai is a poet and novelist from Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. A former journalist and President of the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists, Dai also worked with World Wide Fund for nature in the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspots programme.

In 2003 she received the state Verrier Elwin Award for her book Arunachal Pradesh- the hidden land featuring the culture, folklore and customs of Arunachal’s different communities.

A Padma Shri awardee, Dai is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, for her novel The Black Hill, in English.

Her latest publication is The White Shirts of Summer (Poetry) Speaking Tiger Books October 2023.
Dai lives in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.