Teji Grover Explained

Smita Agarwal
Birth Date:7 March 1955
Birth Place:Pathankot, Punjab
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Poet and a Painter

Teji Grover is a Hindi poet,[1] fiction writer,[2] translator and painter. According to poet and critic Ashok Vajpeyi, "Teji Grover shapes her language away from the prevalent idiom of Hindi poetry. In her poetry language acquires a form which is unique..."[3] Her poems have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.

Grover's fiction is known for its blending of dream and reality. Polish Hindi scholar Kamila Junik writes about her novel Neela (Blue), "All the characters write. All the events are being written. The existence is being written as well. There is no other world beyond writing."[4]

Through her translations, Teji Grover has introduced modern Scandinavian writers and poets to Hindi readers, such as Knut Hamsun, Tarjei Vesaas, Jon Fosse, Kjell Askildsen, Gunnar Björling, Hans Herbjørnsrud, Lars Amund Vaage, Edith Södergran, Harry Martinson, Tomas Tranströmer, Lars Lundkvist, and Ann Jäderlund, as also the French writer Marguerite Duras.

She is also an abstract painter, using organic and natural colours.[5]

Life

Teji Grover was born on 7 March 1955 at Pathankot, in the state of Punjab in India.[6] She taught English literature at MCM DAV College for Women at Chandigarh for over two decades before early retirement in 2003. She is based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Awards and fellowships

Work

Original work

Teji Grover's individual collections of poetry are:

The second edition of the collection Lo Kaha Sambari was published by Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, in 2016 .The second edition of the collection Maitri was published by Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, in 2020 .

Her selected poems were published in 2021. The volume is titled Kathputli Kee Aankh: Chuni Hui Kavitaen (Surya Prakashan Mandir, Bikaner, 2021); .

Her poems also figured in the following books:

The most recent publication of her poems in Hindi was in the online literary magazine Samalochan.[14]

Grover has published two books of fiction:

The second edition of her novel came out in 2016 (Vani Prakashan, New Delhi;).

Grover has published a collection of essays, memoirs and travelogues and another collection of essays on folktales:

Grover has also published the following book for children:

Translations of her work

Books

Teji Grover's poems have been translated into Indian and foreign languages including Marathi, English, Swedish, Polish, Norwegian, Catalan and Estonian. English translations of her poems have been included in the following anthologies:

Her poems figure in the following anthologies in foreign languages:

Her poems have also appeared in a Marathi anthology of Hindi poetry: Sangini niwadak, Hindi stree kavita, ed. and trans. by Chandrakant Patil (Manovikas Prakashan, 2012;).

The international literary journals in which the English translations of her poems have appeared include Poetry International Rotterdam, Rhino: The Poetry Forum, Chase Park, Modern Poetry in Translation, Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing, Indian Literature, Paintbrush, Aufgabe and dialog.[19]

The non-English international journals in which her poems have been published include Lyrikvannen (Swedish), Karavan (Swedish) and Sirp (Estonian).[20]

In 2018 an issue of the Swedish journal Karavan was focused on her writing and her art-work. The issue carried an interview with her, translation of a long poem by her and two articles on her paintings.[21]

Her novel Neela appeared in English translation, by Meena Arora Nayak, in the journal Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing in 2000.[22]

Two of her short stories, "Bhikshuni" and "Suparna", have also been translated into and published in English.[23]

Her short story "Su" has been translated into Croatian and published in the anthology Lotosi od neona: indijski autori o gradovima i drugim ljubavima edited by Lora Tomas and Marijana Janjic and published by Studio Tim, Rijeka, and Udruga Lotos, Zagreb, in 2017 .

Translations by Teji Grover

Teji Grover has translated into Hindi the following works:

From the Norwegian

Apart from these books, she translated the following book into English:

From the Swedish

From the French

From the Latvian

From the Estonian

Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi, 2021.

Essays

From among Teji Grover's essays in Hindi, the following two essays have been translated into and published in English:"The Blue House" and "Looking at the Body of a Poem: The Journey of a Hindi Poet".[24]

Further, the following essays were written and published originally in English:

From among these essays, "A Necessary Poem", "The Fragrance of Delgadina’s Soul", "Weak Pink Color: Translating Ann Jäderlund on the Ghats of the Narmada" and "A Poet Caged in the Act of Translation" have been translated into and published in Swedish.[31]

Another of her essays, "Song of the Cows: Translating Lars Amund Vaage's 'Cows' into Hindi", has been translated into and published in Norwegian as part of an anthology of essays on the Norwegian author Lars Amund Vaage's work.[32]

Books Edited by Teji Grover

Teji Grover has edited five books for children in Hindi, all of them published by Eklavya, Bhopal. These are:

In addition, she has compiled and edited a collection of ghazals by well known Hindi shayar Harjeet Singh:

Poetry readings and cultural visits

In 1999, Teji Grover read her poems at Bengt Berg's Book Cafe Heidruns in Torsby, Sweden.[33] In 2008 she read her poems at the Baltic Center for Writers and Translators, Visby, Sweden, at their annual International Poetry Festival.[34] In the same year, she read her poems in the Olav Hauge Centenary Festival at the poet's birthplace, Ulvik, in Norway.[35] In 2011 she had readings of her poetry at Trondheim, Norway, during the IndiaFestival that was being held there.[36] Further, in 2014 she read her poems at the Writers' House at Tallinn, Estonia.[37]

In 1997, Teji Grover visited Sweden as part of a delegation of 10 Indian writers.[38] Subsequently, she was one of the Indian collaborators of the Indo-Swedish Translation Project, 1998–2009. Under the aegis of this project she translated three volumes of poetry from the Swedish into Hindi (see "Translations by Teji Grover" above.)[39] In 2008, she lectured at the Book Fair at Gothenburg on her translation of the Swedish poet Ann Jäderlund's poetry into Hindi.[40]

Exhibitions of her paintings

Grover has held the following solo shows of her paintings:

Her paintings were also part of the following group shows:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. See http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/17742/27/Teji-Grover . Accessed on 3 April 2015. Also see, Anirudh Umat, "Some Reflections on Teji Grover's Recent Poetry", The Book Review, Vol. XXXV, No. 2 - February 2011 , accessed on 23 April 2015; Birgitta Wallin, "Portatt av en poet i gult", Karavan, Stockholm, June 2010, pp. 118-20 (Special issue on Indian Literature); Lars Hermansson, "Nagot om hindipoesi, kari boli och Teji Grover", Lyrikvannen, Stockholm, No. 4, 2001, pp. 40-41; and Birgitta Wallin, "Bilder ur ett pagaende", Lyrikvannen, Stockholm, No. 4, 2001, pp. 52-54.
  2. See, Kamila Junik, "Teji Grover's Blue", Cracow Indological Studies, Vol. 12 (ed. Halina Marlewicz), Ksiegarnia Akademicka, Krakow, 2010, and Manoj Pandey, "Seven Stories of Love in Dream", The Book Review, VOL. XXXV, No. 1 January 2011 , accessed on 23 April 2015
  3. See, Ashok Vajpeyi's preface to Teji Grover and Rustam Singh, Teji aur Rustam Ki Kavitaen, selected poems of both poets, New Delhi: HarperCollins,, Hindi-language. Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  4. Kamila Junik, "Teji Grover's Blue", Cracow Indological Studies, Vol. 12 (ed. Halina Marlewicz), Ksiegarnia Akademicka, Krakow, 2010.
  5. Georgina Maddox, "Pen to Brush" (review of Jo Nahi Hai, solo show in Delhi), The Indian Express, 9 January 2011.
  6. See http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/17742/27/Teji-Grover . Accessed on 3 April 2015.
  7. See, Bharat Bhushan Agrawal Award http://www.geocities.ws/indian_poets/hindi.html. See also, Poetry International, http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/17742/27/Teji-Grover . Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  8. Web site: Pratilipi » तेजी ग्रोवर / Teji Grover . pratilipi.in . 17 April 2015.
  9. See also, The Raza Foundation: Awards, http://www.therazafoundation.org/awards.php, accessed on 26 April 2015, and Poetry International http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/17742/27/Teji-Grover, accessed on 17 April 2015.
  10. Web site: Fellows - Nantes Institute for Advanced Study Foundation . 2023-07-31 . www.iea-nantes.fr.
  11. Web site: 2019-01-23 . Teji Grover bags distinguished translator award . 2023-07-31 . TheQuint . en.
  12. News: 2019-12-05 . Sweden king and queen bestow top royal honours on 7 Indians . The Times of India . 2023-07-31 . 0971-8257.
  13. See, Teji Grover and Rustam Singh, Teji aur Rustam Ki Kavitaen, selected poems of both poets, New Delhi: HarperCollins,, Hindi-language. Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  14. Web site: 2024-03-29 . माँ के लिए ग्सयारह कविताएँ : तेजी ग्रोवर . 2024-06-30 . समालोचन.
  15. Web site: New publication by Teji Grover, Fellow 2016-2017 at IAS-Nantes - News - Nantes Institute for Advanced Study Foundation . 2023-07-31 . www.iea-nantes.fr.
  16. See, https://www.ektaraindia.in/product/man-mein-khushi-paida-karne-wale-rang/. Accessed on 25 November 2017.
  17. Web site: Hur ska jag säga vad som kommer . 2023-07-31 . Bokförlaget Tranan . sv-SE.
  18. See Innan Ganges flyter in i natten : indiska dikter översatta från Hindi, Malayalam och engelska http://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/innan-ganges-flyter-in-i-natten-indiska-dikter-oversatta-fran-hindi-malayalam-och-engelska-9789186307073 . Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  19. See Poetry International Rotterdam, http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/17742/27/Teji-Grover, accessed on 16 May 2015; Rhino 99: The Poetry Forum, p. 69; Chase Park, No. 7, pp. 47-51; Modern Poetry in Translation, New Series/No. 11 (Summer 1997), pp. 184-88, accessed on 16 May 2015); Indian Literature, No. 158 (November–December 1993), pp. 18-21, and No. 180 (July–August 1997), pp. 13-15; Paintbrush, Vol. XXIX (2002/2003), pp. 54-58; Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing, Vol. 2, No. 2 (July–September 2001), pp. 31–42; Aufgabe, No. 13, pp. 32-40 (http://www.litmuspress.org/aufgabe-13/ . Accessed on 17 April 2015); and dialog, No. 26 (Autumn 2014).
  20. See Lyrikvannen, No. 4 (2001) and No. 1 (2003); Karavan, No. 2 (2008); and Sirp, No. 1 (3521) (9 January 2015). Also see, DORIS KAREVA, "Tuhandevärvine kivi".
  21. See "Teji Grover, poet som sökte sig till måleriet", Karavan, No. 4 (2018). Accessed on 25 November 2020.
  22. See, Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April–June 2000).
  23. See, Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing, Vol. 2, No. 2 (July–September 2001), pp. 69-74, and Pratilipi, http://pratilipi.in/2011/11/suparna-teji-grover/, accessed on 25 April 2015, respectively.
  24. See, Hindi: Language, Discourse, Writing, Vol. 2, No. 2 (July–September 2001), pp. 59-68, and Poetry International Rotterdam (1 August 2010), http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/cou_article/item/17820, accessed on 24 April 2015, respectively.
  25. Indian Literature, Vol. XL, No. 5 (September–October 1997), pp. 153-59.
  26. Pratilipi, http://pratilipi.in/2008/06/weak-pink-color-teji-grover/ Accessed on 24 April 2015.
  27. Pratilipi, http://pratilipi.in/2008/08/a-necessary-poem-teji-grover/ Accessed on 24 April 2015.
  28. Pratlipi, http://pratilipi.in/2009/07/the-fragrance-of-delgadina%E2%80%99s-soul-teji-grover/ Accessed on 24 April 2015.
  29. Pratilipi, http://pratilipi.in/2010/01/a-poet-bursting-into-color-teji-grover/ Accessed on 24 April 2015.
  30. ArtConnect, Vol. 4, No. 1 (January–June 2010, pp. 6-19. http://www.indiaifa.org/platforms/publications/vol-4-issue-1.pdf Accessed on 24 April 2015.)
  31. See, Lyrikvannen, No. 1, 2003, pp. 29-31; Karavan, No. 1, 2006, pp. 54-55; med andra ord, No. 55 (June 2008), pp. 4-10, http://www.oversattarcentrum.se/Content/files/mao%20nr%2055.pdf, accessed on 25 April 2015, and med andra ord, No. 79 (June 2014), pp. 10-15,respectively.
  32. See, Vaage, eds. Hanne Bramness and Jahn Holljen Thon, Forlaget Oktober, Oslo, 2012, pp. 231-44.
  33. See, 1999-09-25 - De 33:s Salong, http://www.heidruns.se/600/601.asp?id=1. Accessed on 27 April 2015.
  34. International poetry festival, Visby. http://www.bcwt.org/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1962. Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  35. Ulvik Poesifestival 08, Program, 17–21 September (2008), p. 17.
  36. See, India 2011 NTNU, Section on Indian Poetry, https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085017/http://www.ntnu.no/india-2011/?cat=11&lang=en. Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  37. Kirjanduslik kolmapäev: tuhandevärvine kivi http://www.kultuur.info/syndmus/kirjanduslik-kolmapaev-tuhandevarvine-kivi/ Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  38. See, LITTERÄRA MÖTEN MELLAN ÖST OCH VÄST: Svensk-indiska översättningsprojektet 1998–2009,Personregister: MEDARBETARE, http://u83402978.pwww.webhosting.telia.com/indbibl10ar.htm. Accessed on 26 April 2015. See also, sydasien, No. 4, 1997, pp. 17–19.
  39. See, LITTERÄRA MÖTEN MELLAN ÖST OCH VÄST: Svensk-indiska översättningsprojektet 1998–2009, http://u83402978.pwww.webhosting.telia.com/indbibl10ar.htm. Accessed on 26 April 2015.
  40. See,From Henriksdals ring to Hoshangabad. Ann Jäderlund in Hindi: India in Focus at the 2008 Gothenburg Book Fair, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/culture/göteborg-book-fair-2008. Accessed on 26 April 2015.
  41. 5th Pratilipi Event: An Exhibition of Teji Grover’s Paintings http://udaharan.pratilipi.in/2010/10/27/5th-pratilipi-event-an-exhibition-of-teji-grovers-paintings/ . Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  42. Georgina Maddox, "Pen to Brush" (review of Jo Nahi Hai, solo show in Delhi), The Indian Express, 9 January 2011; and "Lines of Poetry" (Jo Nahi Hai), The Hindu, 31 December 2010. Accessed on 15 January 2022.
  43. Teji Grover’s painting exhibition begins today http://www.dailypioneer.com/story.php?section_url_key=state-editions&cat_url_key=bhopal&url_key=teji-grovers-painting-exhibition-begins-today. Accessed on 17 April 2015.
  44. See "Exhibition by Teji Grover, Indian painter and Fellow at the IAS-Nantes", News, IAS-Nantes, 16 March 2017.
  45. http://www.theindiapost.com/nation/rajasthan/jaipur/palettes-of-bhopal-an-exhibition-opened-by-hindu-statesman-rajan-zed/ "Palettes of Bhopal, an exhibition opened by Hindu statesman Rajan Zed"
  46. Naguesh Rao Sardessai, "Artistic Synthesis", an article about group show Ensemble, held in Kala Academy, Goa, The Navhind Times, Goa, 8 February 2012, p. 2, under Section BUZZ.

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