Bulbul Sharma
Bulbul Sharma | |
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| Born | Bulbul Sharma 14 October 1952 New Delhi, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Painter and writer |
Bulbul Sharma (born 14 October 1952) is an Indian painter and writer currently based in New Delhi.[1][2][3] At present, she is working on a collection of short stories for neo-literate children.[4]
Biography[edit]
Sharma was born in New Delhi and spent most of her childhood days in the steel town of Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh.[5] Sharma finished her graduation in Russian Language and Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 1972.[1] Thereafter she went to Moscow State University for higher education.[5]
Upon her return to India in 1973, she pursued a career in painting. She joined Gawri, an artist complex in New Delhi.[6] It was only in 1985 that she took to writing full-time.[5] She held several exhibitions of her paintings in India and abroad and her paintings are in the collection of National Gallery of Modern Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh Museum.,[4] UNICEF NORAD, National Institute of Health, Washington, The Nehru Centre, London.[1]
She started writing weekly columns in Statesman and editing children's books for various publishers.[5]
Her stories have been translated into French, Italian, German and Finnish.[4] Her other passions include bird-watching and teaching art to disabled children.[6]
"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did", quoted Sharma at a school in Gurgaon which is also a philosophy she lives by.[7] Her writing style is simple and based on her observations, and the places she travels. Pointing out the beauty in ordinary things, she makes her books vivid. She goes into the cycle of seasons and the changes it brings.[8]
Books[edit]
Sharma has conducted art and story telling workshops for special children for over the last 15 years. She started with collections of short stories and then progressed towards novels and books for children [9]
Short stories[edit]
- My Sainted Aunts (1992)
- The Perfect Woman (1994)
- Anger of Aubergines (1997)
Novels[edit]
- Banana-Flower Dreams (1999)
- Shaya Tales (2006)
- Eating Women Telling Tales (2009) – In this book, Sharma explores the many roles—some perennial, some unexpected—that food can play in women’s lives.[10]
- The book of Devi (2011)
- Tailor of Giripul (2011)
- Grey Hornbills at Dusk
- Now that I am Fifty
- Travels with my Aunts
- Murder in Shimla (2020) [11]
Children's books[edit]
- Manu Mixes Clay and Sunshine (2005)
- Fabled Book of Gods and Demons
- The Children’s Ramayana
- The Book of Indian Birds for Children
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Seth, Anurag-Gargi. "Bulbul Sharma @ IndianArtCircle.com". www.indianartcircle.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Bulbul Sharma". The Times of India. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Bulbul Sharma". Young India Books. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Bulbul Sharma – Penguin India". Penguin India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d Sanga, Jaina C. (2003). South Asian Novelists in English: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313318856.
- ^ a b "Bulbul Sharma: An artist who paints as vividly with words". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Guest of the Day: Bulbul Sharma – the author who loves to paint. — Shiv Nadar School". Shiv Nadar School. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ Baskaran, Theodore (18 July 2015). "What just flew past you?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Writers, Etc. presents Bulbul Sharma in conversation with Karthika V. K. at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 7th March 2012". Delhi Events. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ Eating Women, Telling Tales.
- ^ "Murder in Shimla by Bulbul Sharma". Purple Pencil Project. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Indian women children's writers
- Indian children's writers
- English-language writers from India
- 21st-century Indian novelists
- 20th-century Indian women writers
- 20th-century Indian writers
- 20th-century Indian painters
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian painters
- Painters from Delhi
- Women artists from Delhi
- Novelists from Delhi
- Indian women painters
- 20th-century Indian women artists
- 21st-century Indian women artists
- 20th-century women painters
- 21st-century women painters