Manju Kapur
Manju Kapur (born Amritsar, India) is an Indian novelist. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia.
She teaches English at Delhi University under the name Manjul Kapur Dalmia.
She studied and received an M.A. in 1972 from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and an M. Phil from Delhi University.
She is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia; they have three children and three grandchildren, and live in New Delhi.[1]
Awards and honors
- 2011: DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, short-list, The Immigrant
- 1999: Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia, Difficult Daughters
Works
- Difficult Daughters, Penguin India, 1998; Faber and Faber, 1998, ISBN 978-0-571-19289-2
- A Married Woman, India Ink, 2003; Faber and Faber, 2003, ISBN 978-0-571-21568-3
- Home, Random House India, 2006, ISBN 978-81-8400-000-9; Faber and Faber, 2006, ISBN 978-0-571-22841-6
- The Immigrant, Random House, India, 2008, ISBN 978-81-8400-048-1; Faber And Faber, 2009, ISBN 978-0-571-24407-2
- Custody, Faber & Faber, 2011, ISBN 978-0-571-27402-4
- "Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves", ed. Manju Kapur, Hay House India, 2014.
Television serial
Ye Hai Mohabbatein is the daily serial telecasted on Star plus in Hindi under Ekta Kapur's production house Balaji Telefilms which is based on Manju Kapur's fifth novel Custody.
Pranayam is a daily soap opera telecasted on Asianet under Sree Saran Productions in Malaylam which is based on Manju Kapur's fifth novel Custody.
Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai is a daily soap opera telecasted on Star Vijay in Tamil which is based on Manju Kapur's fifth novel
Avanu Mathe Shravani is a daily soap opera telecasted on Asianet Suvarna in Kannada which is also based on Manju Kapur's Novel Custody
Manasupalik Mouna Geetham is a daily soap opera telecasted on Maa in Telugu which is also based on Manju Kapur's Novel Custody.
Mon Niye Kachakachi is a daily soap opera telecasted on Star Jalsa in Bengali which is also based on Manju Kapur's Novel Custody.
Reviews
- Ruth Scurr (16 April 2009). "The Immigrant by Manju Kapur: review". The Telegraph.
- Arifa Akbar (11 March 2011). "Custody by Manju Kapur". The Independent.
- Mithu Banerji (27 February 2011). "Custody by Manju Kapur – review". The Observer.
- James Walton (24 February 2011). "Custody by Manju Kapur". The Daily Mail.
References
- ↑ Anna Metcalfe (9 April 2011). "Small talk: Manju Kapur". The Financial Times.
Further reading
- Nitonde, Rohidas. In Search of a Feminist Writer, PartridgeIndia, Bloomington, 2014.http://www.flipkart.com/search?q=rohidas+nitonde&as=on&as-show=on&otracker=start&as-pos=1_q http://www.amazon.in/Search-Feminist-Writer-Rohidas-Nitonde/dp/1482833913/ref=la_B00O66VNAK_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1443238147&sr=1-1
- Nitonde, Rohidas. Manju Kapur Bibliography, Google Play Book, 2015. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267928118_Manju_Kapur_A_Bibliography
- Askok Kumar, ed., Novels of Manju Kapur: A Feministic Study, Sarup and Sons, New Delhi,2010.
- Ram Sharma, Rise New Woman: Novels of Manju Kapur, Manglam Publications, Delhi, 2013.
- Kalpana Rajput, Remapping the Female Map: Jhumpa Lahiri and Manju Kapur, Yking Books, Jaipur, 2012.
External links
- "A meeting with Manju Kapur", Jabberwock, 9 August 2008
- "Manju Kapur", Sawnet
- Miranda House Faculty
- Amba Dalmia Center named in honour of the late daughter of Manju Kapur
- "Family Portraits" Telegraph India, Sunday, 21 September 2008
- "Internationalizing the University"
- "Official Website"