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Writers Workshop, [[India]] was first founded as a group of eight writers (P. Lal, Deb Kumar Das, [[Anita Desai]], Sasthibrata Chakravarti who wrote by the names of [[Sasthi Brata]], William Hull, Jail Ratan, Kewlian Sio and Pradip Sen) in 1958. It was an initiative of [[P. Lal]] (1929–2010), a professor of English at [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]]. Although it mainly publishes Indian writing in English, it has also published books in other modern Indian languages. To date the press has published over 3500 titles of [[poetry]], [[novels]], [[drama]] , and other literary works, with two main focuses: [[experimental literature]] of the present day, and [[translation]] from [[Sanskrit]] and other classical [[India]]n languages. |
Writers Workshop, [[India]] was first founded as a group of eight writers (P. Lal, Deb Kumar Das, [[Anita Desai]], Sasthibrata Chakravarti who wrote by the names of [[Sasthi Brata]], William Hull, Jail Ratan, Kewlian Sio and Pradip Sen) in 1958. It was an initiative of [[P. Lal]] (1929–2010), a professor of English at [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]]. Although it mainly publishes Indian writing in English, it has also published books in other modern Indian languages. To date the press has published over 3500 titles of [[poetry]], [[novels]], [[drama]] , and other literary works, with two main focuses: [[experimental literature]] of the present day, and [[translation]] from [[Sanskrit]] and other classical [[India]]n languages. |
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Writers Workshop , [[India]] has published the first books by many authors who have gone on to become famous, including [[A. K. Ramanujan]], Asif Currimbhoy, [[Agha Shahid Ali]], Adil Jussawalla , [[Arun Kolatkar]] , [[Arvind Krishna Mehrotra]] , [[Chandrakant Bakshi]], [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]], [[Gieve Patel]] , Hoshang Merchant , [[Jayanta Mahapatra]], [[Joe Winter]], [[Keki Daruwalla]], [[Kamala Das]] , [[Meena Alexander]], [[Mani Rao]] , [[Nissim Ezekiel]], [[Pritish Nandy]], R. Parthasarathy , [[Poile Sengupta]] , [[Ruskin Bond]], [[Vikram Seth]], [[Shiv Kumar]], Saleem Peeradina |
Writers Workshop , [[India]] has published the first books by many authors who have gone on to become famous, including [[A. K. Ramanujan]], Asif Currimbhoy, [[Agha Shahid Ali]], Adil Jussawalla , [[Arun Kolatkar]] , [[Arvind Krishna Mehrotra]] , [[Chandrakant Bakshi]], [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]], [[Gieve Patel]] , Hoshang Merchant , [[Jayanta Mahapatra]], [[Joe Winter]], [[Keki Daruwalla]], [[Kamala Das]] , [[Meena Alexander]], [[Mani Rao]] , [[Nissim Ezekiel]], [[Pritish Nandy]], R. Parthasarathy , [[Poile Sengupta]] , [[Ruskin Bond]], [[Vikram Seth]], [[Shiv Kumar]], Saleem Peeradina, William Hull, [[Lakshmi Raj Sharma]] etc... As Writers Workshop, Calcutta enters its sixth decade of existence, it has become an extremely important part of the literary history of India. These titles appear as hand-loom sari-bound volumes with exquisite calligraphy on them. Throughout its history, this alternative publishing venture has published authors without a distribution system to back it. |
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Perhaps the most important publishing venture Writers Workshop has undertaken is P. Lal's translation of the entire Indian epic [[Mahabharata]] in 18 volumes (now appearing in press, 2005–2009). |
Perhaps the most important publishing venture Writers Workshop has undertaken is P. Lal's translation of the entire Indian epic [[Mahabharata]] in 18 volumes (now appearing in press, 2005–2009). |
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| Founded | 1958 |
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| Founder | P. Lal |
| Successor | Ananda Lal |
| Country of origin | India |
| Headquarters location | 169/92, Lake Gardens. Kolkata - 700045 |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Fiction genres | Poetry, Drama , Novels , Criticism |
| Official website | Official website |
Writers Workshop is a Calcutta-based literary publisher founded by the poet-professor P. Lal in 1958. Over the next few decades it published many new authors in urban literature of the post-independence period. These authors later became big names.[1][2][3][4]
History
Writers Workshop, India was first founded as a group of eight writers (P. Lal, Deb Kumar Das, Anita Desai, Sasthibrata Chakravarti who wrote by the names of Sasthi Brata, William Hull, Jail Ratan, Kewlian Sio and Pradip Sen) in 1958. It was an initiative of P. Lal (1929–2010), a professor of English at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. Although it mainly publishes Indian writing in English, it has also published books in other modern Indian languages. To date the press has published over 3500 titles of poetry, novels, drama , and other literary works, with two main focuses: experimental literature of the present day, and translation from Sanskrit and other classical Indian languages.
Writers Workshop , India has published the first books by many authors who have gone on to become famous, including A. K. Ramanujan, Asif Currimbhoy, Agha Shahid Ali, Adil Jussawalla , Arun Kolatkar , Arvind Krishna Mehrotra , Chandrakant Bakshi, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Gieve Patel , Hoshang Merchant , Jayanta Mahapatra, Joe Winter, Keki Daruwalla, Kamala Das , Meena Alexander, Mani Rao , Nissim Ezekiel, Pritish Nandy, R. Parthasarathy , Poile Sengupta , Ruskin Bond, Vikram Seth, Shiv Kumar, Saleem Peeradina, William Hull, Lakshmi Raj Sharma etc... As Writers Workshop, Calcutta enters its sixth decade of existence, it has become an extremely important part of the literary history of India. These titles appear as hand-loom sari-bound volumes with exquisite calligraphy on them. Throughout its history, this alternative publishing venture has published authors without a distribution system to back it.
Perhaps the most important publishing venture Writers Workshop has undertaken is P. Lal's translation of the entire Indian epic Mahabharata in 18 volumes (now appearing in press, 2005–2009).
After the death of P. Lal in 2010, his son Ananda Lal, professor of English at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, runs the publishing house.[5]
References
- ^ "Writers' Workshop completed 50 years of literary glory". Indian Express. October 04 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "P Lal and the Writer's Workshop story". Business Standard. November 9, 2010.
- ^ "City remembers a great scholar & human". The Times of India, Kolkata. November 14, 2010.
- ^ "I Remember An Idyll". Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 2. January 15, 2011.
- ^ "Biblio-beauties". Mint (newspaper). December 9 2010.
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