Katha Books

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Katha Books
Industry Publishing
Founded1988
Founder Geeta Dharmarajan
Headquarters
Delhi
,
India
ProductsBooks
Website Katha 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]

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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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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".
  10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.625249940838370.1073741891.229700897059945&type=3 [ user-generated source ]
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