Industry | Publishing |
---|---|
Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Geeta Dharmarajan |
Headquarters | Delhi, India |
Products | Books |
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. It was founded in 1988 Geeta Dharmarajan.
Known for negotiating new spaces in children's literature in translation especially, 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. Katha is "exclusively devoted to translating regional Indian writers into English."
Books for Adults: Nearly 200 Katha books for adults including translations in 21 Indian languages have been published.
Katha Prize Stories: Written for adults.
Books for Children Nearly 122 books recommended by NCERT and CBSE.
See also
References
- "The Hindu : Literary Review / Book Review : Translation as reclamation". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- 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
External links
- Katha, Main Website
- Katha NGO, Profile at The Times Group (Times Foundation)