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Geetanjali Shree

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Geetanjali Shree

India

Geetanjali Shree is the author of five novels and several story collections. Her work has been translated into English, French, German, Serbian, and Korean. She was born in Mainpuri, India, in 1957. She has received and been shortlisted for a number of awards and fellowships, and currently lives in New Delhi.

Articles by Geetanjali Shree

An old ornate mansion in India with a green wrought iron gate

Photo by Vikram Nath Chouhan 🇮🇳 on Unsplash

Once Elephants Lived Here: Part 2

By Geetanjali Shree

The city murmured in the mazes of her ancient face.

Translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell

Two blue glass skyscrapers seen from below against a cloudy blue sky

Photo by Shubham Sharma on Unsplash

Once Elephants Lived Here: Part 1

By Geetanjali Shree

Here, all things old have been suppressed.

Translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell

A woman in a pink sari walks in the street in front of an apartment building

Photo by Akshar Dave on Unsplash

Writing in Troubled Times

By Geetanjali Shree

Fiction came to us from the West. Creativity did not.