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Garg was raised in Delhi by her parents with six sisters, and began writing stories while she was a child/<ref name="Us Salam 2010" /> She completed her Masters in Economics in 1960 and taught economics in Delhi University for three years.
Garg was raised in Delhi by her parents with six sisters, and began writing stories while she was a child/<ref name="Us Salam 2010" /> She completed her Masters in Economics in 1960 and taught economics in Delhi University for three years.

She published her debut novel, ''Uske Hisse Ki Dhoop'', in 1975.<ref name="Us Salam 2010" /> She was arrested for obscenity after her novel ''Chittacobra'' was published in 1979, in a case that extended for two years but did not result in prison.<ref name="Trivedi 2018">{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Harish |title=Becalmed now, all passion spent: ‘The Last Email: A Novel’ by Mridula Garg |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/becalmed-now-all-passion-spent-the-last-email-a-novel-by-mridula-garg/article24481349.ece |access-date=21 June 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=July 21, 2018}}</ref>


She has been a columnist, writing on environment, women issues, child servitude and literature. She wrote a fortnightly column, Parivar in Ravivar magazine from Kolkata for five years between 1985-1990 and another column ''Kataksh'' (Satire) in ''[[India Today]]'' (Hindi) for 7 years, between 2003 and 2010. Her novels and stories have been translated into a number of Indian and foreign languages like German, [[Czech language|Czech]], Japanese and English.<ref name="TOI 2020" />
She has been a columnist, writing on environment, women issues, child servitude and literature. She wrote a fortnightly column, Parivar in Ravivar magazine from Kolkata for five years between 1985-1990 and another column ''Kataksh'' (Satire) in ''[[India Today]]'' (Hindi) for 7 years, between 2003 and 2010. Her novels and stories have been translated into a number of Indian and foreign languages like German, [[Czech language|Czech]], Japanese and English.<ref name="TOI 2020" />

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Mridula Garg
Born1938
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
LanguageHindi, English
NationalityIndian
GenresShort Story, Novel
Notable works
  • Miljul Man (2013)
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award (2013)

Mridula Garg (b. 1938) is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi and English languages.[1][2] She has published over 30 books in Hindi – novels, short story collections, plays and collections of essays – of which she has rendered three into English.[3] She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.[4][5]

Biography

Garg was raised in Delhi by her parents with six sisters, and began writing stories while she was a child/[6] She completed her Masters in Economics in 1960 and taught economics in Delhi University for three years.

She published her debut novel, Uske Hisse Ki Dhoop, in 1975.[6] She was arrested for obscenity after her novel Chittacobra was published in 1979, in a case that extended for two years but did not result in prison.[7]

She has been a columnist, writing on environment, women issues, child servitude and literature. She wrote a fortnightly column, Parivar in Ravivar magazine from Kolkata for five years between 1985-1990 and another column Kataksh (Satire) in India Today (Hindi) for 7 years, between 2003 and 2010. Her novels and stories have been translated into a number of Indian and foreign languages like German, Czech, Japanese and English.[5]

She was a research associate at the Center for South Asian Studies in the University of California-Berkeley, USA in April 1990.[citation needed] She has been invited to speak on Hindi literature and criticism, and discrimination against women, at universities and conferences in erstwhile Yugoslavia (1988), the USA (1990 and 1991), and was a delegate to Interlit-3, Germany(1993). She was invited to and Japan (2003), Italy (2011), Denmark and Russia (2012). She traveled widely and lectured and read from her works there.

Bibliography

Hindi

  • Uske Hisse Ki Dhoop (Novel, 1975)[6]
  • Vanshaj (Novel, 1976)
  • Chittacobra (Novel, 1979)[6]
  • Anitya (Novel, 1980)[6]
  • Main Aur Main (Novel, 1984)
  • Kath Gulab (Novel, 1996)
  • Miljul Mann (novel 2010)
  • Vasu ka Kutum (Long story 2016)
  • Kitni Qaiden (Short Stories, 1975)
  • Tukra-Tukra Aadmi (Short Stories, 1976)
  • Daffodil Jal Rahein Hain (Short Stories, 1978)
  • Glacier Se (Short Stories, 1980)
  • Urf Sam (Short Stories, 1986)
  • Shahar Ke Naam (Short Stories, 1990)
  • Charchit Kahanaian (Short Stories, 1993)
  • Samagam (Short Stories, 1996)
  • Mere Desh Ki Mitti, Aha (Short Stories, 2001)
  • Sangati-Visangti (in 2 Vol.) (Short Stories, 2004)
  • Joote ka Jodh Gobhi ka Todh (Short Stories, 2006)
  • Ek Aur Ajnabi (Play, 1978)
  • Jadoo Ka Kaleen (Play, 1993)
  • Teen Qaiden (Plays, 1995)
  • Saam Daam Dand Bhed (Play for children, 2003)
  • Rang-Dhang (Essays, 1995)
  • Chukte Nahin Sawaal (Essays, 1999)
  • Kuchh Atke Kuchh Bhatke (Yatra Samsaran, Essays, 1996)
  • Kar Lenge Sab Hazam (Satirical Essays)
  • Miljul Mann (Novel, 2009)[4]
  • Kriti Aur Kritikar(essays, 2013)
  • Mere Sang ki Aurten (short story, 2013)
  • Kriti Men Stree patr (critical essays, 2010)

English

  • Chittacobra (Novel, translated from Hindi, Chittacobra, 1999)
  • A Touch of Sun (Novel, translated from Hindi, Uske Hisse Ki Dhoop, 1978)
  • Country of Goodbyes (Novel, translated from Hindi, Kathgulab, 2003)
  • Daffodils on Fire (Short Stories, 1990)
  • Anitya Halfway to Nowhere (novel, translated from Hindi, Anitya 2010)[6]
  • The Last Email (novel originally in English, 2017)[3]

Translations

  • Anitya translated into Marathi from Anitya(Hindi) 2014
  • Kathgulab translated into Marathi (2008) and Malayalam (2010)[8]
  • Main Aur Main translated into Marathi (2016) from Hindi.
  • Miljul Mann translated into Urdu (2016), Punjabi (2017), Tamil (2018), Telugu (2018) and Rajasthani (2018) from Hindi language.

Awards

  • Sahityakar Sanman, by the Hindi Academy, Delhi, (1988)
  • Sahitya Bhushan, by the U.P. Hindi Sansthan (1999)
  • Hellman-Hammet Grant for Courageous Writing by the Human Rights Watch, New York (2001)
  • Honored for lifetime contribution to literature in the Vishwa Hindi Sammelan in Suriname in 2003.
  • Vyas Sanman, for an outstanding work of fiction in Hindi for Kathgulab (2004)
  • Uske Hisse ki Dhoop (novel) and Jadoo Ka Kaleen (Play) awarded by the M.P. Sahitya Parishad in 1975 and 1993 respectively.
  • Miljul Mann (novel) awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013[9]
  • Ram Manohar Lohia Samman from U.P Hindi Sansthan (2016)
  • D. Litt. "Honoris Causa" from ITM University, Gwalior (2016)

References

  1. ^ "AGNI Online: Author Mridula Garg". Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. ^ Oxford University Press: Anitya: Mridula Garg
  3. ^ a b "Women are far more fearless in love: Mridula Garg". Times of India. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Daftaur, Swati (25 December 2013). "A matter of taste". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Exclusive: 'I talk to myself in time of Corona' by Mridula Garg". Times of India. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Us Salam, Ziya (16 January 2010). "'I am a loner'". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ Trivedi, Harish (21 July 2018). "Becalmed now, all passion spent: 'The Last Email: A Novel' by Mridula Garg". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ "For Continuing Debate". www.phalanx.in. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Poets dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2013" Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sahitya Akademi. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

External links

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