| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Geeta Dharmarajan |
| Headquarters | , |
| 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.[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.
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- ^ "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 [user-generated source]