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Geetanjali Shree

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Geetanjali Shree


Born
in Mainpuri, U.P., India
June 12, 1957

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Geetanjali Shree गीताजंली क्ष्री (She was known as Geentanjali Pandey, and she took her mother's first name Shree as her last name) (born 1957) is a Hindi novelist and short story writer based in New Delhi, India. She is the author of several short stories and three novels. Mai was short listed for the Crossword Book Award in 2001. She has also written a critical work on Premchand.

Her first story, Bel Patra (1987) was published in the literary magazine Hans and was followed by a collection of short stories Anugoonj (1991)

The English translation of her novel Mai catapulted her into fame. The novel is about three generations of women and the men around them, in a North Indian middle-class family. Mai is translated into Serbian, Korean and Ge
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Mai

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The Roof Beneath their Feet

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The Empty Space

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प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ

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हमारा शहर उस बरस

4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
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तिरोहित

3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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“Once you’ve got women and a border, a story can write itself. Even women on their own are enough. Women are stories in themselves, full of stirrings and whisperings that float on the wind, that bend with each blade of grass.”
Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

“Anything worth doing transcends borders.”
Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

“don’t you think youth comes at the wrong time? When we haven’t lived at all. It comes and then it’s gone, and we don’t even notice.”
Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

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