Katha Books Explained
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]
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- Web site: The Hindu : Literary Review / Book Review : Translation as reclamation . 28 October 2009 . 1 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201065349/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/09/04/stories/2005090400310500.htm . dead .
- http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10539&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Literacy in communities - Slum haven
- http://www.findouter.com/India/Region/New_Delhi/Publishers India Findouter
- https://books.google.com/books? Katha is constantly negotiating new spaces in children's literature
- News: Translation as reclamation: It is boom time for translation in India . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201065349/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/09/04/stories/2005090400310500.htm . dead . 1 December 2008 . Subash . Jeyan . . 4 September 2005.
- News: Gap years in India: discover a land of wondrous variety . . 14 August 2006.
- News: A Katha of success: Geeta Dharmarajan on how the publishing house Katha came into being . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105130229/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/01/04/stories/2007010401080700.htm . dead . 5 November 2012 . . 4 January 2007.
- News: A Katha of success . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105130229/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/01/04/stories/2007010401080700.htm . dead . 2012-11-05 . . January 2007.
- Web site: Book review: Katha Prizes Stories Volume 4.
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