- Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree (She was known as Geentanjali Pandey, and she took her mother's first name "Shree" as her last name ) (born 1957) is a Hindi novelist and short story writer based in
New Delhi ,India . She is the author of several short stories and three novels. Mai was short listed for the Crossword Book Award in 2001. [ [http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=2&fodname=20010420&fname=Mai&sid=3 Bent Over Backwards] excerpts from "Mai" - Outlook India] She has also written a critical work on Premchand.Personal Life
Geetanjali was brought up in various towns of
Uttar Pradesh , as her father was aCivil Servant . She claims that it is this upbringing in UP, along with the lack of children's books in English that gave her a rich connection to Hindi.Works
Her first story, Bel Patra (1987) was published in the literary magazine Hans and was followed by a collection of short stories "Anugoonj" (1991) [http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=2&fodname=20010420&fname=Mai&sid=1 'I'm Waiting To Write The Book Which Will Slip Out Of My Grasp'] Interview with Geetanjali Shree in Outlook India] [ [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=OnW-YEYl3vUC Mai: A Novel] Google Books] [http://deepblueink.com/writing/interviews/geetanjalishree.htm The past is ever present, realized by us in bits: An interview with Geetanjali Shree] Deep Blue Ink]
The English
translation of her novel "Mai" catapulted her into fame. The novel is about three generations of women and the men around them, in a North Indian middle class family. Mai is being translated into Russian and Korean.Her second novel "Hamara Shahar Us Baras" set loosely after the incidents of Babri Masjid demolition.
Academic Publications
*Between Two Worlds: An Intellectual Biography of Premchand [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=p-KAAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Between Two Worlds] Google Books]
*Premchand and Industrialism: A Study in Attitudinal Ambivalence', The Indian Economic and Social History Review, XIX(2), 1982 [ [http://ier.sagepub.com/content/vol19/issue2/ The Indian Economic and Social History Review, XIX(2), 1982 ] Sage Publications]
*Premchand and the Peasantry: Constrained Radicalism, Economic and Political Weekly, XVIII(26), 25 June 1983. [ [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=GS49AAAAIAAJ&q=Premchand+and+the+Peasantry:+Constrained+Radicalism&dq=Premchand+and+the+Peasantry:+Constrained+Radicalism&lr=&pgis=1 ICSSR journal of abstracts and reviews] Google Books]
*The North Indian Intelligentsia and the Hindu-Muslim Question [ [http://books.google.co.in/books?client=firefox-a&q=The+North+Indian+Intelligentsia+and+the+Hindu+Muslim+question:+Geetanjali+Pandey&spell=1&oi=spell The North Indian Intelligentsia and the Hindu-Muslim Question] Bibliography of Asian studies]Awards & Others
Geetanjali Shree is the recipient of the Indu Sharma award and has been a fellow of Ministry of Culture, India, and Japan Foundation. She also participates in theater and works with Vivadi, a theater group comprising writers, artists, dancers, and painters.
References
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