Manju Kapur is an Indian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. Her first novel, ''Difficult Daughters'', won the 1999

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

, best first book, Europe and South Asia.

Personal life

She is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia; they have three children and four grandchildren, and live in New Delhi.

Awards and honors

*2011:

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an international literary prize awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South AsiaNote: South Asia for the purposes of the prize is defined as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ...

, short-list, ''The Immigrant'' *1999:

, best first book, Europe and South Asia, ''Difficult Daughters''

Works

*''Difficult Daughters'', Penguin India, 1998; Faber and Faber, 1998, *''A Married Woman'', India Ink, 2003; Faber and Faber, 2003, *''Home'', Random House India, 2006, ; Faber and Faber, 2006, *''The Immigrant'', Random House, India, 2008, ; Faber And Faber, 2009, *''Custody'', Faber & Faber, 2011, *''Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves'', ed. Manju Kapur, Hay House India, 2014. *''Brothers'', Penguin, UK, 2016.

Television adaptations

Manju Kapur's novel "Custody" has been the basis of daily soap operas on several Indian television channels in various languages: *

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' ( ''This is love'') was an Indian romantic drama TV series, which aired from 3 December 2013 to 18 December 2019 on Star Plus. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Pate ...

Star Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...

in Hindi under

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

's production house

Balaji Telefilms Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, and factual programming in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms is promoted by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and is a ...

. * Nakalat Saare Ghadle on Star Pravah in Marathi under Swapnil Joshi Productios. *

Pranayam ''Pranayam'' () is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Blessy. The film stars Mohanlal, Jaya Prada, and Anupam Kher. The plot revolves around the love bound between the characters of Mathews (Mohanlal), ...

Asianet Asianet may refer to: Disney Star channels *Asianet Communications, an Indian media company wholly owned by Disney Star **Asianet (TV channel), a Malayalam language general entertainment channel **Asianet Plus, a Malayalam language general entertai ...

in Malayalam under Sree Saran Productions. *

Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai ''Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai'' ( From Marriage till love) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Vijay TV. The show was launched on 3 November 2014 to 27 January 2017 for 600 episodes and aired Monday through Friday evening ...

Star Vijay Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...

in Tamil. * Avanu Mathe Shravani on Asianet Suvarna in Kannada. * Manasupalik Mouna Geetham on Maa in Telugu. *

Mon Niye Kachakachi ''Mon Niye Kachakachi'' was a Bengali language soap opera which premiered on Star Jalsha on 12 January 2015. The show was produced by Mahendra Soni and Shrikant Mohta under their production company Shree Venkatesh Films. It is the remake of the ...

Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It broadcasts Bengali-language programming, such as Soap opera ...

in Bengali.

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil ''Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil'' ( ''My Heart Lives In A Foreign Land'') (International title:Chasing My Heart) is an Indian television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms for Star Plus. The story, set in Austria, is i ...

, telecast on Star Plus, under

's production house

, is based on Manju Kapur's novel "The Immigrant".

The Married Woman ''The Married Woman'' is an Indian Hindi-language, romantic drama web series featuring Ridhi Dogra, Monica Dogra, Suhaas Ahuja, and Imaad Shah. Directed by Sahir Raza and produced by Juggernaut Productions, this web series is currently streaming o ...

, is a web series, under

's production and is available on

AltBalaji ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original O ...

, it is based on Manju Kapur's novel "A Married Woman".

Reviews

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References

External links

"A meeting with Manju Kapur"
''Jabberwock'', 9 August 2008
"Manju Kapur"
''Sawnet''

named in honour of the late daughter of Manju Kapur
"Family Portraits"
Telegraph India, Sunday, 21 September 2008
"Official Website"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapur, Manju 1948 births Living people Punjabi people 20th-century Indian novelists Indian women novelists 21st-century Indian novelists Novelists from Punjab, India Writers from Amritsar 20th-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian women writers Women writers from Punjab, India Women writers from Delhi