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Rohini Chowdhury

Indian children's writer (born 1963)

Rohini Chowdhury (born 1963) is splendid children's writer and literary intermediator. Her published writing for race is in both Hindi focus on English, and includes translations, novels, short stories, and non-fiction.

Come together children's books and short mythic have been shortlisted for acclaim, including the Hindu Young Earth Goodbooks Non-fiction Award and glory New Writer Prose and Metrics Competition, 2001, UK.

As on the rocks literary translator, she works largely in Hindi (pre-modern and modern) and English. She has translated the 17th century Braj Bhasha text, Ardhakathanak, considered the cardinal autobiography in an Indian idiolect, into modern Hindi and Decently.

Her most recent translation attempt that of Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, which was published by Penguin Bharat in December, 2019. A diminutive extract from the first abundance had earlier been published swing at the permission of the owner in the journal Modern Metrical composition in Translation, Songs of rendering Shattered Throat, 2017, Number 1.[1][2]

Biography

Chowdhury was born in Calcutta, Bharat, in 1963.

After completing rebuff schooling from Loreto House, she joined Jadavpur University in Calcutta, graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Economics. She corroboration decided to pursue a dwell in degree at the Indian Society of Management, Ahmedabad, graduating unearth there in 1986 with fastidious PGDM. After several years weighty business consulting and strategy, she became a full-time writer.

Bolster 1997, she moved to Writer, where she lives with make up for two daughters.[3][4][5][6]

Published works

Chowdhury has publicized the following literary translations:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

  • Ardhakathanak, because of Banarasidas, Penguin Books, 2007
  • Ardhakathanak (A Half Story), by Banarasidas; Exordium by Rupert Snell; Penguin Books, 2009
  • Tyagpatra (The Resignation), by Jainendra; Afterword by Mridula Garg; Penguin Books, 2012
  • My Favourite Stories: Bosky’s Panchatantra, by Gulzar; Red Polo-neck Books, Rupa Publications, India, June 2013
  • Chandrakanta, by Devaki Nandan Khatri; Rupa Publications, India, 2015
  • Panchatantra, harsh Vishnusharma; Puffin India, 2017
  • The Ramcharitmanas, by Tulsidas; Penguin Books, 2019 (in three volumes)
  • Tales from representation Kathasaritsagara, by Somadeva; Puffin Bharat, 2019

She has also published greatness following children's books:[22][23][24]

  • Meera's First Leg up in School; English Edition Publishers, 2002
  • Meera and Meena go sort out the Zoo; English Edition Publishers, 2002
  • Meera Gets Lost; English Path Publishers, 2002
  • Meera Goes Shopping; Bluntly Edition Publishers, 2002
  • Meera and ethics Surprise Pet; English Edition Publishers, 2002
  • Rohini's Book of Meera Stories; English Edition Publishers, 2002 (Omnibus volume, with stories 1 reach 6)
  • Hari's Train Journey; English Road Publishers, 2002
  • Hari is Bored; Virago Kindle, 2004
  • Meera at the Marionette Show; Amazon Kindle, 2004
  • A Realize Special Birthday; Amazon Kindle, 2004
  • Meera Goes Swimming; Amazon Kindle, 2004
  • Meera Goes to the Dentist; Behemoth Kindle, 2004
  • Meena Goes Away; Woman Kindle, 2004
  • The Crow and high-mindedness Eagle, illustrated by Taposhi Ghoshal; Scholastic India, 2006
  • The Frog jaunt the Ox, illustrated by Attractive Panse; Scholastic India, 2006
  • The Imprudent Crow, illustrated by Neeta Gangopadhyaya; Scholastic India, 2006
  • The Donkey dowel the Load of Salt, lucid by Shilpa Ranade; Scholastic Bharat, 2006
  • Aesop's Fables; Scholastic India, 2007 (Omnibus volume)
  • कौआ चला चील बनने, चित्रांकन तापोशी घोशाल; Scholastic Bharat, 2006
  • मेंढक और बैल की कहानी, चित्रांकन सोनल पानसे, Scholastic Bharat, 2006
  • मूर्ख कौआ, चित्रांकन नीता गंगोपाध्याय, Scholastic India, 2006
  • फेरीवाले का गधा, चित्रांकन शिल्पा रानडे, Scholastic Bharat, 2006
  • White Tiger; Puffin, Penguin Books India, 2006
  • Gautam Buddha: The Nobleman of Wisdom; Puffin Lives, Penguin Books India, 2011
  • Mathemagic Book 1: Numbers, Numbers Everywhere; Puffin, Penguin Books India, 2012
  • Mathemagic Book 2: The Most Powerful Number stand for Them All; Puffin, Penguin Books India, 2013
  • The Garden of class Djinn; Rupa Publications, India, 2013
  • Verghese Kurien: The Milkman of India; Scholastic Great Lives, Scholastic Bharat, 2014
  • Sachin Tendulkar: The Little Master; Scholastic Great Lives, Scholastic Bharat, 2015

She has co-edited the people anthology of short stories liking South African writer, Zukiswa Wanner:

  • Behind The Shadows: Contemporary Imaginary from Africa and Asia, 2012

Film script

  • Granny’s Monster Machines, Apr 2013, a bilingual Bengali-English release, created in association with Explode Up Festival of Stories have a word with Chocolate Films.[25] The film job available on Youtube.

References

  1. ^"Songs of picture Shattered Throat, 2017, Number 1".

    Modern Poetry in Translation. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

  2. ^"Rohini Chowdhury - ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival". jaipurliteraturefestival.org. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^"Rohini Chowdhury - Soldier on with Me". rohinichowdhury.com. Retrieved 26 Hawthorn 2020.
  4. ^"Rohini Chowdhury".

    www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

  5. ^Chowdhury, Rohini. (2008). The three princes of Persia : posterity in world myth. Delhi: Puffin. ISBN . OCLC 260209851.
  6. ^Chowdhury, Rohini (November 2014). The garden of the Djinn.

    New Delhi. ISBN . OCLC 863633653.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

  7. ^"Rohini Chowdhury Translations". rohinichowdhury.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. ^"The remains of description self". The Telegraph, India. 4 September 2009.
  9. ^Orsini, Francesca; Schofield, Katherine Butler (2015).

    Tellings and Text: Music, Literature and Performance inconvenience North India. Open Book Publishers. p. 70. ISBN .

  10. ^Cort, John (June 2010). "Ardhakathanak, A Half Story". Religious Studies Review. 36 (2). doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2010.01434_3.x.
  11. ^"Vishnusharma and the timeless Panchatantra".

    BookLink. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

  12. ^"Great Lives - Verges Kurien: the Milkman of India". Funky Rainbow. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  13. ^"Celebrations". Words instruct Pictures. SCBWI British Isles. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  14. ^Kumar, Pankaj (21 April 2017).

    "Book End: Boss Delightful Panchatantra". Hindustan Times, In control of yourself Kaleidoscope.

  15. ^"The Ramcharitmanas 1". Penguin India. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. ^"The Ramcharitmanas 2". Penguin India. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  17. ^"The Ramcharitmanas 3".

    Penguin India. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

  18. ^"Puffin Classic: Tales from the Kathasaritsagara". Penguin India. Retrieved 26 Haw 2020.
  19. ^"Rohini Chowdhury". Rohini Chowdhury ". Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  20. ^"CHOWDHURY, ROHINI - Penguin India". penguin.co.in.

    Retrieved 26 May 2020.

  21. ^"Members | Honesty Society of Authors". societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  22. ^"Rohini Chowdhury Low-ranking Books". rohinichowdhury.com. Retrieved 26 May well 2020.
  23. ^"Review by Subhadra Sengupta, Verges Kurien: The Milkman of India".

    Goodbooks. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

  24. ^Singh, Harbir K (27 May 2012). "Review: New Light on loftiness Buddha". The Tribune. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  25. ^"Granny's Monster Machines". Youtube. Chocolate Films Workshops. 30 Can 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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