Literaturforum Indien e.V.

Syed Kashif Raza: Vier Derwische und eine Schildkröte, novel, translated from Urdu by Almuth Degener, Draupadi Verlag 2024, 288 pp.
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Alka Saraogi: Entwurzelt, novel, translated from Hindi by Almuth Degener, Draupadi Verlag 2024, 256 pp.
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Krisha Kops (ed.): Das Papageienbuch: Liebesgeschichten und Fabeln aus dem alten Indien, Die Andere Bibliothek, vol. 467, Aufbau Verlag 2023, 372 pp. (translated from Sanskrit by Wolfgang Morgenroth, 1968)
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Mrinal Pande: Die Schöne und der Papagei. Ein satirischer Roman aus Indien, translated from Hindi by Almuth Degener, Ines Fornell, Max Kramer and Heinz Werner Wessler, Draupadi Verlag 2023, 124 pp.
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Rijula Das: Die Frauen von Shonagachi, novel, translated from English by Else Laudan, Argument Verlag mit Ariadne, Hamburg 2023, 336 pp.
Review by Maria Wiesner in the FAZ (German)
Review by Katharina Granzin in die taz (German)

Jaiwanti Dimri: Für Surju, novella, translated from Hindi by Almuth Degener, 118 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2023
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Review by Isabella Arcucci on swr.de (German)
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Mirza Athar Baig: Von null bis eins. Abenteuer eines Gutsverwalters im Cyberspace, novel, translated from Urdu by Christina Oesterheld, 400 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2022
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Review by Bettina Robotka on Faustkultur.de (German)
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Anees Salim: Fünfeinhalb Männer, novel, translated from English by Gerhard Bierwirth, 234 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2021
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Review by Gerhard Klas (German)
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Chudamani Raghavan: Zwei Welten. Erzählungen, translated from Tamil by Hem Mahesh, 122 pp., Lotos Werkstatt 2021
Review in SÜDASIEN 4/2021 (German)
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Nayantara Sahgal: Das Los der Schmetterlinge, novella, translated from English by Gerhard Bierwirth, Draupadi Verlag 2021, 114 pp.
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Review by Suhasini Patni on scroll.in (English)

Anuradha Roy: Der Garten meiner Mutter, novel, translated from English by Werner Löcher-Lawrence, Luchterhand Verlag 2020, 416 pp.
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Review by Petra Reich on Literaturreich.de (German)

Annie Zaidi: Anstiftung zum Mord, novel, translated from English by Gerhard Bierwirth, 179 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2020
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Review by Claudia Kramatschek in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (German)
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P. Sivakami: Die Zeiten ändern sich, novel, translated from English by Thomas Vogel, 152 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2020
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Review by Franz Schneider in SÜDASIEN (German)

Manuka Wijesinghe: Ein Mann des Mittleren Weges (novel from Sri Lanka), translated from English by Reinhold Schein, 410 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2019
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Review by Gerhard Klas, WDR radio (German)
Review by Thomas Kohl in Fachbuchjournal (German)
Review by Alice Kern in SÜDASIEN (German)
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Sara Rai: Im Labyrinth. Erzählungen, translated from Hindi by Johanna Hahn, 192 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2019
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Writing like Katherine Mansfield — review by Alice Grünfelder (German)
Review in The Hindu (English)
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Perumal Murugan: Zur Hälfte eine Frau, novel, translated from Tamil by Torsten Tschacher, 162 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2018
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Review by Hans Escher in SÜDASIEN 1/2019 (German)
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Rahman Abbas: Die Stadt, das Meer, die Liebe, novel, translated from Urdu by Almuth Degener, 326 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2018
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Review by Diya Kohli in die taz (German)
The Mumbai Riots in Rahman Abbas's novel Rohzin, article by Almuth Degener, IZSAF 06/2020 (German)
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Geetanjali Shree: Im leeren Raum (novel), translated by Georg Lechner and Nivedita Menon, 228 pp., Lotos Werkstatt 2018
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Ismat Chughtai: Das Brautkleid und andere Erzählungen, translated from Urdu by Christina Oesterheld, 200 pp., Berlin: Lotos Werkstatt 2017
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Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 4/2017 (German)
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U. R. Ananthamurthy: Sonnenpferdchen. Erzählungen, translated from Kannada by Heidrun Brückner and Katrin Binder, with an essay, 196 pp., Lotos Werkstatt 2017
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Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 2/2017 (German)
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Bhisham Sahni: Fünf Minuten vor Vier. Erzählungen, translated from Hindi by Barbara Bomhoff and Silja Behnken, with contributions by Birte Plutat, 94 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2017
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Review by Tatiana Oranskaia in SÜDASIEN 3/2017 (German)
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Uday Prakash: Die Mauern von Delhi, two stories, translated from Hindi by Anna Petersdorf and Barbara Lotz, 100 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2015
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Bhisham Sahni: Der Preis eines Huhns (stories, from Hindi, ed. Hannelore Lötzke, 195 pp.), Lotos Werkstatt 2015
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Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 2/2016 (German)
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Rabindranath Tagore: Der Ruf der weiten Welt, stories, translated from Bengali by Nirmalendu Sarkar, 130 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2014
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Review on suedasien.info (German)

Uday Prakash: Mohandas, novel, translated from Hindi by Gautam Liu and Ines Fornell, 120 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2013
Review by Hans Dembowski (German)
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Geetanjali Shree: Unsere Stadt in jenem Jahr, novel, translated from Hindi by André Penz, 219 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2013
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Review by Antje Stiebitz in die tageszeitung (German)
Review by Claudia Kramatschek, Deutschlandfunk Kultur (German)
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U. R. Ananthamurthy: Samskara, translated by Gernot Schneider, 192 pp., Lotos Werkstatt 2013
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Krishna Baldev Vaid: Tagebuch eines Dienstmädchens, novel, translated from Hindi by Anna Petersdorf, Draupadi Verlag 2012, 288 pp.
Review by Claudia Kramatschek, Deutschlandradio (German)
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Salma: Die Stunde nach Mitternacht (novel, translated from English by Ingrid von Heiseler, 359 pp.), Draupadi Verlag 2011
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Review on suedasien-info (German)

Thoppil Mohammed Meeran: Die Geschichte eines Dorfes am Meer, novel, translated from Tamil by Torsten Tschacher, 188 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2011
Review by Ilija Trojanow in Die Welt (German)
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Geetanjali Shree: Mai, novel, translated from Hindi by Reinhold Schein, 244 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2010 and Unionsverlag 2023
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Review by Katharina Granzin in die taz (German)
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Buddhadeva Bose: Das Mädchen meines Herzens (5 stories with framing narrative; translated from Bengali by Hanne-Ruth Thompson, 184 pp.), Ullstein Verlag 2010
Review on suedasien-info (German)
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Ruskin Bond: Ein Schwarm Tauben, historical story set during the "Sepoy Uprising" of 1857/58; translated from English by Reinhold Schein, 136 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2010
Review by AVK Findeis in SÜDASIEN (German)
Review on rezension.org (German)
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Uday Prakash: Das Mädchen mit dem gelben Schirm (novel, translated from Hindi by Ines Fornell, Reinhold Schein and Heinz Werner Wessler, 225 pp.), Draupadi 2009, also available as e-book from Unionsverlag
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Uday Prakash: Doktor Wakankar, novel, translated from Hindi by André Penz, 108 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2009
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Review by Shirin Sojitrawalla in die TAZ (German)
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Namita Gokhale: Großmutters Tempel, novel, translated from English by Annemarie Hafner, 304 pp., Lotos Verlag Roland Beer 2006
Review by Nadja-Christina Schneider on suedasien.info (German)
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Alka Saraogi: Umweg nach Kalkutta, novel, translated from Hindi by Margot Gatzlaff-Hälsig, 336 pp., Insel Verlag 2006
Review on suedasien-info (German)
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Chudamani Raghavan: Der Nagalinga-Baum, stories, translated and edited from Tamil by Dieter B. Kapp, 164 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2017
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On the hardship of being a woman in India — review in SÜDASIEN 3/2017 (German)
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Johanna Hahn: In der Wildnis: Kommentierte Übersetzung und Interpretation moderner Hindi-Kurzgeschichten von Sara Rai, 187 pp., Regiospectra Verlag 2013
Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 2/2013 (German)

Ruskin Bond: Geschichten aus dem Herzen Indiens, translated from English by Reinhold Schein, 200 pp., Kitab Verlag 2013
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Review by Thomas Völkner, Hamburg local radio (German)
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Geetanjali Shree: Weißer Hibiskus, translated from Hindi by Anna Petersdorf, 88 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2010 and Unionsverlag 2015
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Saadat Hassan Manto: Schwarze Notizen (stories of the partition of the subcontinent; ed. and translated from Urdu by Christina Oesterheld, 159 pp.), Suhrkamp Verlag 2006
Review on perlentaucher.de (German)
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Saadat Hassan Manto: Blinder Wahn, stories, translated from Urdu by U. Rothen-Dubs, Ch. Oesterheld, L. Lutze, M. Pfeiffer, E. u. M. Zaidi, 72 pp., Lotos Verlag Roland Beer 1997
Review by Ilija Trojanow (German)
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Dilip Kumar Roy/Indira Devi: Die Bettlerprinzessin. Das Leben der Mirabai — Schauspiel in fünf Akten, translated from English by Reinhold Schein, 184 pp., tredition 2016
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Habib Tanvir: Agra Basar. Schauspiel in zwei Akten, translated from Hindi/Urdu by Reinhold Schein and Heinz Werner Wessler, 117 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2007
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Review by Sandra Frey in MEINE WELT (German)
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Rabindranath Tagore: Stücke, translated from Bengali by Gisela Leiste, 178 pp., Lotos Werkstatt 2016
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Abdul Ghani Khan: Pilger der Schönheit, a selection of his poems, translated from English by Ingrid von Heiseler; translated from Pashto into English by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada, 600 pp., Amazon 2023
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Sugathakumari: Was habt ihr meiner Welt angetan? Ausgewählte Gedichte, translated from Malayalam by Annakutty Valiamangalam K.-Findeis, 118 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2020
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Review by Annakutty Findeis in MEINE WELT (German)

Jose Punnamparambil (ed.): Die letzte Sonne. Gegenwartslyrik aus Indien, translated from English by Axaram (Asok Punnamparambil), 90 pp., Draupadi Verlag, Heidelberg 2018
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Jacinta Kerketta: Tiefe Wurzeln. Gedichte Hindi/Deutsch, translated and adapted from Hindi by Vijay K. Chhabra, Brigitte Komarek-Chhabra and Johannes Laping, 168 pp., Draupadi Verlag, Heidelberg 2018
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Jacinta Kerketta: Glut — Angor. Gedichte Hindi und Deutsch, translated and adapted from Hindi by Brigitte Komarek-Chhabra and Johannes Laping, 160 pp., Draupadi Verlag, Heidelberg 2016
Review by Heinz Werner Wessler in SÜDASIEN 2/2016 (German)
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O. N. V. Kurup: Ein Tropfen Licht. Gedichte, edited and translated from Malayalam by Annakutty Valiamangalam K.-Findeis, 212 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2012
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Felsinschriften: Zeitgenössische Hindi-Lyrik, selected and translated by Monika Horstmann and Vishnu Khare, 81 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2007
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Bananenblätter und Straßenstaub: Tamilische Kurzgeschichten aus Südindien und Sri Lanka (translated and edited by Eveline Masilamani-Meyer and Nina Rageth, 137 pp.), Draupadi Verlag 2017
Review by Nathalie Peyer in SÜDASIEN (German)

Wie queren wir Flüsse? Geschichten und Gedichte vom indischen Subkontinent (anniversary volume for the 10th anniversary of Literaturforum Indien e.V.; ed. Ines Fornell and Reinhold Schein, 190 pp.), Draupadi Verlag 2016
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Review by Theo Rathgeber in SÜDASIEN (German)

Geschichten aus dem Dschungel. Erzählungen der Warli Adivasis in Thane, Maharashtra, collected, edited and translated by Pradip Prabhu and Shiraz Bulsara, 58 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2016
Review by Theo Rathgeber in SÜDASIEN (German)

Auf der Suche nach Sita. Neue Blicke in die indische Mythologie, ed. Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal, translated from English by Reinhold Schein, 210 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2013
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Review by Anja Döscher (German)

Der Alte und die Affen. Geschichten vom Altwerden im modernen Indien, ed. and translated from Hindi by Indu Prakash and Heidemarie Pandey, 189 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2012
Review by Simone Rappel (German)

Chili Chai Chapati (Hindi short stories; ed. Friederike Grenner, Jürgen Neuß and Anna Petersdorf, 296 pp.), Kitab Verlag 2011
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Review on rezension.org (German)

Liebe aus Indien. Moderne Erzählungen, short stories from various languages, ed. Sudhir Kakar, 278 pp., C. H. Beck Verlag 2006
Review on suedasien.info (German)

Mauern und Fenster. Neue Erzählungen aus Indien, from Hindi, ed. Ulrike Stark, 159 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2006
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Drei Blinde beschreiben den Elefanten. Kerala erzählt, from Malayalam and English, ed. Christina Kamp and Jose Punnamparambil, 207 pp., Horlemann Verlag 2006
Review by fairunterwegs (German)
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Geetanjali Shree: Warum ich mich für Hindi entschied, translated from English by Reinhold Schein, in SÜDASIEN 3/2021, pp. 14–17
Essay in SÜDASIEN 3/2021 (German)
Lecture: My Language: Why and How Hindi? (YouTube, English)

Urvashi Butalia: Geteiltes Schweigen. Innenansichten zur Teilung Indiens, translated from English by Martin Pfeiffer, 240 pp., Lotos Werkstatt 2015
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Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 3/2016 (German)
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Sara Rai: Raw Umber. Erinnerungen an eine indische Künstlerfamilie, 224 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2026
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Martin Kämpchen: Mein Leben in Indien. Zwischen den Kulturen zu Hause, 480 pp., Patmos Verlag 2022
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Review by Reinhold Schein in MEINE WELT 1/2022 (German)

Tulsi Ram: Murdahiya. Eine Dalit-Kindheit, translated from Hindi by Almuth Degener, 226 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2020
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Review by Heinz Werner Wessler in SÜDASIEN 4/2020 (German)
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Hansa Wadkar: Hört zu, ich erzähle. Aus dem Leben einer indischen Schauspielerin, translated from Marathi, with filmography and afterword by Adele Hennig-Tembe, 148 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2020
Review by Reinhold Schein in MEINE WELT 2/2020 (German)
Review by Michael Eckardt in MEDIENwissenschaft (German)

Auf der Suche nach dem eigenen Sein: Frauen aus Nepal erzählen, ed. and translated from Nepali by Johanna Buß and Alaka Chudal, 122 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2018
Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 2/2018 (German)

Sudhir Kakar: Der junge Tagore. Wie sich ein Genie herausbildet, translated from English by Barbara DasGupta, 204 pp., Draupadi Verlag 2017
Review by Reinhold Schein in SÜDASIEN 1/2018 (German)

Swami Jnanananda Giri: Die transzendente Reise, translated from English by Reinhold Schein, 320 pp., tredition 2015
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Baby Halder: Kein ganz gewöhnliches Leben (autobiography of a domestic worker; translated from English by Annemarie Hafner, 223 pp.), Draupadi Verlag 2008
Review on rezension.org (German)

A children's book:
Museum Rietberg, Zurich (ed.): Aus dem Milchmeer entstand die Welt: Acht Göttergeschichten aus Indien, retold by Caroline Widmer and Penelope Tunstall. With illustrations of Indian paintings from the Museum Rietberg collection, Zurich, 40 pp., Baobab Books 2018
Review in Meine Welt 3/2018 (German)