Madhur Kapila

Madhur Kapila (Hindi: मधुर कपिला, born 15 April 1942) is a novelist,^[1] journalist, art critic and a reviewer of Hindi literature.

Early life

Madhur Kapila was born in Jullundur, Punjab, in what was then British India. She currently resides in Chandigarh, India.

Career

Madhur Kapila has been a freelance journalist and art critic since 1977. The Dainik Tribune, Dinaman, the Punjab Kesari, the Jansatta, Hindi Hindustan newspapers and various literary journals and magazines such as Hans, Vartamaan Sahitya, Vaagarth, Naya Gyanodaya (Bharatiya Jnanpith), Dastak, Irawati, Harigandha, Jaagriti and many more have published her short stories and literary columns^[2] including the Kala Kshetraya – a weekly art and literature column in the Dainik Tribune which also serialized and published her first novel Satwan Swar (Hindi: सातवाँ स्वर).^[3]

She has been a member of the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi for over three decades; her stories have been the subject of PhD and MPhil theses at the Panjab University Chandigarh and Kurukshetra University.

Madhur Kapila's first story was published in 1960 in the Veer Pratap (newspaper from Jullundur). Since that time she has published three novels – Bhatke Raahi (Hindi: भटके राही), Satwan Swar (Hindi: सातवाँ स्वर) and Saamne ka Aasman (Hindi: सामने का आसमान);^[4][5] three short story collections – Beechon Beech (Hindi: बीचों बीच), Tab Shayad (Hindi: तब शायद) ^[6] and Ek Muqadama Aur (Hindi: एक मुक़दमा और).^[7]

Awards

In 2011 Madhur Kapila was presented with a Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi award for her outstanding contribution to literature.^[8][9]

Madhur Kapila was lauded as one of the 111 Hindi female writers of the 21st century by The Sunday Indian, 22 August-4 September 2011.^[10]

Translations of Her Work

Madhur Kapila's stories have been translated into Indian and foreign languages including Punjabi, Telugu and English.

English translations of her stories have been included in the following anthologies:

• Kapila, Madhur, and Jaswant Singh Saini. "Flowing like a River." Indian Literature, vol. 57, no. 1 (273), 2013, pp. 170–175. www.jstor.org/stable/43856753.;

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Bibliography

Novels

• Bhatke Rahi भटके राही. 
• Satwan Swar सातवाँ स्वर. Kriti Prakashan. 2002. ISBN 81-8060-066-1. 
• Saamne ka Aasman सामने का आसमान. Bharatiya Jnanpith. 2010. ISBN 978-81-263-2002-8. 

Short story collections

• Beechon Beech बीचों बीच. Abhivyakti Prakashan. 1993. 
• Tab Shayad तब शायद. Shila Lekh. 2004. 
• Ek Muqadma Aur एक मुक़दमा और. Shila Lekh. 2008. ISBN 978-81-7329-208-8. 

See also

• Indian literature
• Hindi literature
• Sahitya Akademi Award

External links

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/43856753?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi Journal, Vol. 57, No. 1 (273) (January/February 2013), pp. 170-175 - Flowing like a Riverː Madhur Kapila and Jaswant Singh Saini
• http://www.thesundayindian.com/111_hindi_female_writers.pdf The Sunday Indian (22 Aug - 4 Sep, 2011) - 111 Female Hindi writers of the 21st century (द सनडे इंडियन - 21वी सदी की 111 हिन्दी लेखिकाएँ)

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