Katha Books

Katha Books
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1988
Founder(s)	Geeta Dharmarajan
Headquarters	Delhi, India
Products	Books
Website	Katha Books

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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]

References[edit]

↑ http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/09/04/stories/2005090400310500.htm ^{[dead link]}
↑ Literacy in communities - Slum haven UNESCO.
↑ India Findouter
↑ Katha is constantly negotiating new spaces in children's literature
↑ 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.
↑ "Gap years in India: discover a land of wondrous variety". The Independent. 14 August 2006.
↑ "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.
↑ "A Katha of success". The Hindu. January 2007. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
↑ "Book review: Katha Prizes Stories Volume 4".
↑ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.625249940838370.1073741891.229700897059945&type=3 Template:User-generated source

External links[edit]

Katha, Main Website
Katha NGO, Profile at The Times Group (Times Foundation)
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[1] ttp://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/09/04/stories/2005090400310500.htm ^{[dead link]}

[un-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.

[ind-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] ttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.625249940838370.1073741891.229700897059945&type=3 Template:User-generated source

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