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 is married; 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 9780571192892
• A Married Woman, India Ink, 2003; Faber and Faber, 2003, ISBN 9780571215683
• Home, Random House India, 2006, ISBN 9788184000009; Faber and Faber, 2006, ISBN 9780571228416
• The Immigrant, Random House, India, 2008, ISBN 9788184000481; Faber And Faber, 2009, ISBN 9780571244072
• Custody, Faber & Faber, 2011, ISBN 9780571274024

Reviews

• Ruth Scurr (16 April 2009). "The Immigrant by Manju Kapur: review". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5163783/The-Immigrant-by-Manju-Kapur-review.html. 
• Arifa Akbar (11 March 2011). "Custody by Manju Kapur". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/custody-by-manju-kapur-2238058.html. 
• Mithu Banerji (27 February 2011). "Custody by Manju Kapur – review". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/27/custody-manju-kapur-review. 
• James Walton (24 February 2011). "Custody by Manju Kapur". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1360262/Manju-Kapur-CUSTODY.html. 

References

1. ^ Anna Metcalfe (April 9 2011). "Small talk: Manju Kapur". The Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/86679b40-6166-11e0-a315-00144feab49a.html#axzz1ObXkwfnS. 

External links

• "A meeting with Manju Kapur", Jabberwock, August 09, 2008
• "Manju Kapur", Sawnet

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