| Publisher |
Authorpress |
| ISBN-13 |
B09C1M4HK7 |
| ISBN-10 |
B09C1M4HK7 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
132 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal writes for both children and adults and has over 50 books published. Among various other awards, she received the N.C.E.R.T. National Award for Children's Literature in 1993 for her picture book Ashok's New Friends, while her historical fiction Caravan to Tibet was on the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Honour List 2008. Recently, her non-fiction Journey to the Forbidden City featured on the Parag Honour List 2020 and was shortlisted for the Neev Children's Book Award. Her work has been translated into several Indian and foreign languages and included in textbooks. Notable titles include The Begum (Penguin Random House India), a biography, You Cannot have All the Answers (Niyogi Books), a short story collection for adults, Blessed (Hachette India), a fantasy, and her latest, Kashmir! Kashmir!, a short story collection for young adults. Forgotten Kaleidoscopes is her second collection of poetry, the first being Do Not Weep Lonely Mirror. website: www.deepaagarwal.net
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"Deepa Agarwal, nee Rawat, was born in Almora, Uttarakhand, a small town in the Himalayan region of India. Her father was a doctor and her mother a schoolteacher. One of six siblings, Deepa spent her childhood in the picturesque Kumaon region which forms the background of many of her books. Childhood escapades have provided material for stories like ""Fire"", about an incident when she and her friend accidentally set the pine forest around her home on fire. Deepa's family history too, has inspired books like CARAVAN TO TIBET. Her grandfather belonged to a nomadic tribe known as the Shaukas, who traveled to Tibet to trade. When he converted to Christianity and married an indigo planter's daughter, he had to leave his community and settled in Almora.
Deepa did her master's in English from the University of Allahabad, where she met her future husband Dilip. She taught English in a Delhi University college for a few years, then opted to become a homemaker. In the mid 80's she took up free-lance writing and eventually made a name in the genre of children's literature. However, she writes poetry and fiction for adults as well and has translated Hindi classics like CHANDRAKANTA into English.
At present Deepa lives in Delhi, India. She has three daughters, Garima, Sonali and Geetika and five grandchildren: Adya, Kartik, Aanya, Anika and Ahan."
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