Mamta Kalia (born 2 November 1940) is an Indian author, teacher, and poet, writing primarily in the Hindi language.[1] She won the Vyas Samman, one of India's richest literary awards, in 2017 for her novel Dukkham Sukkham (Sadness and Happiness).[2]
Life
editKalia was born in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, and studied in Delhi, earning an M.A. in English from the University of Delhi.[2] Her father worked for All India Radio, India's national broadcaster.[3] Kalia taught at the SNDT Women's University in Mumbai, and also at Women's Service House Degree College in Allahabad, and retired from teaching in 2001.[4] Kalia's husband, Ravindra Kalia, was also a popular Hindi author.[2] Following her retirement, Kalia headed the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, a literarary organization based in Kolkata, that publishes translations of works of literature to and from Hindi.[5]
Writing
editKalia won the Vyas Samman, one of India's richest literary awards, for her novel Dukkham Sukkham in 2017.[6] The award was presented by Mridula Sinha, the governor of Goa, who described the novel as having "captured the essence of Indian culture.[2] Kalia's previous novel, Beghar (Homeless) was very commercially successful, running to five editions. She has written several novels and collections of short stories, four collections of poetry, as well as two collections of plays.[7] She is currently writing a biography of her husband, as well as a book about the history of Allahabad.[3] Her writing engages with the lived experiences of women, often in middle-class families in India.[3][8] She has also won several other literary awards, including the Yashpal Katha Samman, Sahitya Bhushan Samman, Ram Manohar Lohiya Samman, Mahadevi Varma Samman, and the Sita Award.[4][9]
Selected works
editPoetry collections:[1]
- खाँटी घरेलू औरत (An Entrenched Domesticated Woman)
- कितने प्रश्न करूँ (How Many Questions Do I Ask?)
- Tribute to Papa and other poems
- Poems 78
Novels:[1]
- बेघर (Homeless)
- नरक दर नरक (Hell to Hell)
- प्रेम कहानी (A Love Story)
- लड़कियाँ (Girls)
- एक पत्नी के नोट्स (A Wife's Notes)
- दौड़ (Distance)
- अँधेरे का ताला (The Lock of Darkness)
- दुक्खम् - सुक्खम् (Sadness and Happiness)
Other works:[1]
- Plays: यहाँ रहना मना है (It is Forbidden to Live Here), आप न बदलेंगे (You Won't Change)
- Memoir: कितने शहरों में कितनी बार (How Many Times in How Many Cities)
- A translation of Somerset Maugham's work Of Human Bondage into Hindi.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "लेखक ममता कालिया का व्यक्तित्व mamata kaliya". www.hindisamay.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ a b c d "Hindi author Mamta Kalia awarded Vyas Samman". Hindustan Times. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ a b c तोमर, रीतू (2019-06-23). "'अपनी रचनाओं में स्त्रियों के लिए जो टैगोर, शरतचंद ने किया, वो अब के लेखक नहीं कर पाए हैं'". The Wire - Hindi. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ a b TNN (29 November 2018). "Mamta Kalia - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "City of joy is like a bigger Allahabad". Hindustan Times. 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ PTI (8 December 2017). "Mamta Kalia: Hindi writer Mamta Kalia to get the 27th Vyas Samman". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "Pen Drive - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "हिंदी लेखिका ममता कालिया को 'दुक्खम सुक्खम' के लिए 27वां व्यास सम्मान". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "हिन्दी भाषा की लेखिका ममता कालिया को द्वितीय सीता पुरस्कार". Jagranjosh.com. 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2020-11-24.