Nationality Indian | Occupation Translator | |
Known for Translating El Equilibrista | ||
Soumi Chatterjee is a Spanish translator currently residing in Kolkata, India. Her most famous work till date has been translating El Equilibrista (2009) into English, for which she received critical appraisal.
Early life
Ms. Chatterjee lived in Port Blair for thirteen years before settling in Kolkata, India. She completed her higher studies from Carmel Senior Secondary School. She completed her graduation and post graduation courses from Garden City College, under Bengaluru University. The domain of her graduation studies extended into the frontiers of Chemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, while that of her post graduation courses was about biochemistry. Later, she completed her M.Phil studies from Jadavpur University. Her father, Shri. Tapan Kumar Chatterjee was a retired Merchant Navy officer- and her junior sibling, Sanjay Chatterjee, is currently working as a Merchant Navy cadet. Mrs. Pratima Chatterjee, her mother, is a retired government service employee under the Ministry of Forest and Environment.