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Kalpana Raina, translator at Brazos Bookstore

  • Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet Street Houston, TX 77005-1451 (map)

Born in Kashmir, Hari Krishna Kaul (1934–2009), was forced to leave in 1990. Kaul started his literary career writing short stories in Urdu and Hindi but switched to writing in Kashmiri in the mid-60s. His first collection of short stories in Kashmiri, Pata Laraan Parbat, was published in 1972 and immediately established him as a major writer. Three collections of short stories and numerous television and radio plays followed. His only novel, Vyath Vyatha, was published in 2005. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Kashmiri fiction in 2000.
Kalpana Raina was born in Kashmir and lives in New York. She is a senior executive, board director, and adviser with over thirty years of experience in both corporate and not-for-profit sectors. This is her first work of translation.

Tanveer Ajsi is an independent art historian and cultural theorist. He has written extensively on theatre, performing arts, visual arts, and literature.
Gowhar Fazili teaches political science and sociology.
Gowhar Yaqoob is an independent research scholar based in Srinagar.

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