Katha Books

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Katha Books
IndustryPublishing
Founded1988
FounderGeeta Dharmarajan
Headquarters
Delhi
,
India
ProductsBooks
WebsiteKatha Books

Katha Books is a publishing house owned by

Katha, that works in the fields of Indian language translations, community empowerment and child welfare.[1][2] It was founded in 1988 Geeta Dharmarajan.[3]

Known for negotiating new spaces in children's literature in translation especially,[4] Katha has been nominated six times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017, sometimes dubbed as the "Nobel Prize in Literature." Today it is a leading name for translations in Indian publishing, and produces stories from contemporary India, unusual Indian folklore and unsung mythology, translated into English and Hindi from 21 regional Indian languages.[5][6][7] Katha is "exclusively devoted to translating regional Indian writers into English."[8]

Books for Adults: Nearly 200 Katha books for adults including translations in 21 Indian languages have been published.
Katha Prize Stories: [9] Written for adults.
Books for Children Nearly 122 books recommended by NCERT and CBSE. [10]

See also

  • Katha NGO

References

  1. ^ "The Hindu : Literary Review / Book Review : Translation as reclamation". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. ^ Literacy in communities - Slum haven UNESCO.
  3. ^ India Findouter
  4. ^ Katha is constantly negotiating new spaces in children's literature
  5. ^ Jeyan, Subash (4 September 2005). "Translation as reclamation: It is boom time for translation in India". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Gap years in India: discover a land of wondrous variety". The Independent. 14 August 2006.
  7. ^ "A Katha of success: Geeta Dharmarajan on how the publishing house Katha came into being". The Hindu. 4 January 2007. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
  8. ^ "A Katha of success". The Hindu. January 2007. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Book review: Katha Prizes Stories Volume 4".
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