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 wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

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

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation has presented a number of prizes since 1987. 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 First ...

, 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 ( ''This Is Love'') is an Indian romance drama produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Karan Patel, Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Ruhanika Dhawan and Aditi Bhatia. The story was initially based on Manju Kapur's 2011 novel ''Cust ...

Star Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented reali ...

in Hindi under

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television and film producer, known for her work in Hindi television and Bollywood cinema. She is the founder of Balaji Telefilms, Balaji Telefilms Limited, where she serves as joint managing directo ...

's production house

Balaji Telefilms Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms also owns Alt Balaji, the platform known for producing adult rated content. Balaji Telefilms also produces reality TV, comedy ...

. * Nakalat Saare Ghadle under Swapnil Joshi Productions and Premachi Goshta under

Shashi Sumeet Productions Shashi Sumeet Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian company founded by Shashi Mittal and Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal which produces Indian soap operas, entertainment and reality programming on Indian television. Some of its notable works include: ''Di ...

Star Pravah Star Pravah is an Indian Marathi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts family dramas, comedies, reality shows and films. History ...

in Marathi. *

Pranayam Pranayam ( in Indian languages) may refer to: *Pranayam (2011 film), ''Pranayam'' (2011 film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film by Blessy * Pranayam (2024 film), ''Pranayam'' (2024 film), a 2024 Indian Kannada-language romantic ...

under Sree Saran Productions and '' Ishtam Mathram'' under Souparnika Creations on

Asianet Asianet may refer to: JioStar channels * JioStar, is an Indian media conglomerate wholly owned by Disney India. ** Asianet, a Malayalam language general entertainment channel ** Asianet Plus, a Malayalam language general entertainment channel ** As ...

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

. * Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai and Modhalum Kaadhalum on

Star Vijay Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. The channel telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows & Tamil films. History T ...

in Tamil. * Avanu Mathe Shravani on

Asianet Suvarna Star Suvarna, ''(formerly Asianet Suvarna)'' is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecast programmes such as serials, ...

in Kannada. *

Ennenno Janmala Bandham Ennenno Janmala Bandham () is an Indian Telugu language romantic drama television series that aired on Star Maa from 18 October 2021 to 1 September 2023. It is an official remake of the Hindi-language television series ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein''. ...

Star Maa Star Maa is an Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows and Telugu ...

in Telugu. *

Mon Niye Kachakachi ''Mon Niye Kachakachi'' is a Bengali language soap opera that 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 JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily broadcasts family dramas, comedies, reality shows and films. It launched ...

in Bengali.

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil ''Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil'' ( ''My Heart Is 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 ...

, 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 Riddhi Dogra, Monica Dogra, Suhaas Ahuja, and Imaad Shah. Directed by Sahir Raza and produced by Juggernaut Productions, this web series is currently streami ...

, is a web series, under

's production and is available on

AltBalaji ALTT 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 foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OTT cont ...

, 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 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