Sahana Saandeep

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Sahana Saandeep
Birth
7 March 1971
Death
N/A
Titles
Her Ladyship, Baroness Euphosor
Marital Status
Single

Sahana Saandeep is a critically acclaimed Confederal artist best known for her illustrations of children's books. She is widely regarded as a leader in fashion in Farinor high society although she has never been a professional model. She is an advocate for victims of VODAIS and for the humane treatment of animals.

Background

Sahana was born into a close-knit and very traditional Hindu family on the baronial estate in Euphosor. Her parents were the Baron and Baroness of Euphosor. She was the eldest of two daughters. Her native language is Tulu although she also speaks English, Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, Irish, French, Greek and Dutch. Her multilingualism is unexceptional for an educated, aristocratic woman in multilingual Farinor.

Sahana attended the St. Theresa School for Girls in Afrontias, Farinor and then the University of Civic Virtue in Aristonople, Bilbtoria. She played on the women's Association football team and studied Judo during her time there.

Sahana's father passed away in 2004 and her mother in 2005, making her Baroness Euphosor. However, she has not taken up permanent residence in the family's ancestral home. After returning there for a period of mourning, she and her sister Sahera moved to a studio apartment in Bharat where she works on her art and Sahera pursues her interest in the theatre.

Career

Sandeep got an early start in the art world. At the age of 14, she was involved in a student art magazine at St. Theresa. At 16, she became the editor and also had some of her artwork featured by a local art gallery. While at University, she had several more pieces displayed in local galleries and was also hired to illustrate a Greek translation of The Lorax by Cousin Books.

Sandeep went on the illustrate a wide variety of children's books, both those with an international reputation and some local to the Resurgent Dream or even to Farinor. Most of her work was in the field of fairy and folk tales from a variety of cultures and in a variety of languages. She was one of the illustrators of Traditional Hindu Stories for Children, an English-language retelling of many traditional Hindu religious stories especially designed for young readers.

Sandeep is best known for illustrating the most recent Cousin Books translation of The Hobbit into French and Greek for the Pantocratorian market. It was the first major projest she undertook after the death of her father and therefore the first as a full-fledged Peer of Farinor. The fact that the illustrations were by a genuine baroness added to some of the romance surrounding the new translation although Sandeep herself maintains that she wishes her work to be judged on its merits alone.

Famous commitments

In addition to her artistic career, Saandeep has associated herself with a number of organizations, both commercial and non-profit.