Mridula Garg

Mridula Garg Biography

Mridula Garg is a noted Indian writer of Hindi and English languages. Her works include novels, short story collections, plays and collections of essays and has published 20 books in Hindi till now. Her published collection also owns a few English books of which a few are translations of her own works. Most recently she has been awarded with awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (2013) for her novel, Miljul Man. Sahityakar Sanman by the Hindi Academy, Delhi (1988), Sahitya Bhushanby the U.P. Hindi Sansthan (1999), M.P. Sahitya Parishad in 1975 and 1993 for the works - Uske Hisse ki Dhoop (novel) and Jadoo Ka Kaleen (Play), Vyas Sanman and Vagdevi Sanman for Kathgulab (2004) and Hellman-Hammet Grant for Courageous Writing by the Human Rights Watch, New York (2001) are the major honours received by Garg.

Mridula Garg is one of the most widely read Hindi writers today. She was born in 1938. She took her Masters in Economics in 1960 and took teaching as her profession. She has worked as a teacher in Delhi University for three years. Her novels have won critical and popular acclaim for their themes and the lyricism of their style. Her works have been translated to several languages including German, Czech, Japanese and English. Apart from being a versatile writer, she is a well-known columnist too. She writes on environment, women issues, child servitude and literature. She has been writing a satire Hindi column – Kataksh in India Today (Hindi) for the last 3 years.

She has been a research associate at the Center for South Asian Studies in the University of California, Berkeley and has been invited to speak on Hindi literature and criticism. Uske Hisse Ki Dhoop, Vanshaj, Tukra-Tukra Aadmi, Shahar Ke Naam, Saam Daam Dand Bhed, Chukte Nahin Sawaal and Kuchh Atke Kuchh Bhatke are a few noted works.

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Updated: December 24, 2013