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{{short description|Indian author, teacher and poet}}{{Infobox writer
| name = Mamta Kalia
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1940}}
| awards = [[Vyas Samman]]
| image = ममता कालिया bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 1382-2 May 25, 2019.jpg
| caption = Mamta Kalia
| birth_place = [[Vrindavan]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
}}

'''Mamta Kalia''' (born 2 November 1940) is an [[India|Indian]] author, teacher, and poet, writing primarily in the [[Hindi]] language.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=लेखक ममता कालिया का व्यक्तित्व mamata kaliya|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-mamata-kaliya.cspx?id=288|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.hindisamay.com}}</ref> She won the [[Vyas Samman]], one of India's richest literary awards, in 2017 for her novel ''Dukkham Sukkham'' (''Sadness and Happiness'').<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-10-17|title=Hindi author Mamta Kalia awarded Vyas Samman|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hindi-author-mamta-kalia-awarded-vyas-samman/story-3d7XV7uexagYlVaMqCyXbP.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== Life ==
Kalia was born in [[Vrindavan]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], and studied in Delhi, earning an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in English from the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name=":1" /> Her father worked for [[All India Radio]], India's national broadcaster.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=तोमर|first=रीतू|date=2019-06-23|title='अपनी रचनाओं में स्त्रियों के लिए जो टैगोर, शरतचंद ने किया, वो अब के लेखक नहीं कर पाए हैं'|url=http://thewirehindi.com/85050/hindi-literature-interview-of-mamata-kalia/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=The Wire - Hindi|language=en-GB}}</ref> Kalia taught at the [[SNDT Women's University]] in Mumbai, and also at Women's Service House Degree College in Allahabad, and retired from teaching in 2001.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=TNN|date=29 November 2018|title=Mamta Kalia - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/speakers/mamta-kalia/articleshow/66864403.cms|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Kalia's husband, [[Ravindra Kalia]], was also a popular Hindi author.<ref name=":1" /> Following her retirement, Kalia headed the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, a literarary organization based in Kolkata, that publishes translations of works of literature to and from Hindi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-08-23|title=City of joy is like a bigger Allahabad|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/city-of-joy-is-like-a-bigger-allahabad/story-Upzj5crtBaZ9KQs57g2cbO.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== Writing ==
Kalia won the Vyas Samman, one of India's richest literary awards, for her novel ''Dukkham Sukkham'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=8 December 2017|title=Mamta Kalia: Hindi writer Mamta Kalia to get the 27th Vyas Samman|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hindi-writer-mamta-kalia-to-get-the-27th-vyas-samman/articleshow/61981502.cms|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The award was presented by Mridula Sinha, the governor of Goa, who described the novel as having "captured the essence of Indian culture.<ref name=":1" /> Kalia's previous novel, ''Beghar'' (''Homeless'') was very commercially successful, running to five editions. She has written several novels and collections of short stories, four collections of poetry, as well as two collections of plays.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pen Drive - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/pen-drive/1068884/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> She is currently writing a biography of her husband, as well as a book about the history of Allahabad.<ref name=":2" /> Her writing engages with the lived experiences of women, often in middle-class families in India.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-09|title=हिंदी लेखिका ममता कालिया को 'दुक्खम सुक्खम' के लिए 27वां व्यास सम्मान|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-HDLN-mamta-kalia-got-vyas-award-5765159-NOR.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> She has also won several other literary awards, including the Yashpal Katha Samman, Sahitya Bhushan Samman, Ram Manohar Lohiya Samman, Mahadevi Varma Samman, and the Sita Award.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-01|title=हिन्दी भाषा की लेखिका ममता कालिया को द्वितीय सीता पुरस्कार|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/हिन्दी-भाषा-की-लेखिका-ममता-कालिया-को-द्वितीय-सीता-पुरस्कार-1346475053-2|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
Poetry collections:<ref name=":0" />

* खाँटी घरेलू औरत (''An Entrenched Domesticated Woman'')
* कितने प्रश्न करूँ (''How Many Questions Do I Ask?)''
* ''Tribute to Papa and other poems''
* ''Poems 78''

Novels:<ref name=":0" />

* बेघर (''Homeless'')
* नरक दर नरक (''Hell to Hell'')
* प्रेम कहानी (''A Love Story'')
* लड़कियाँ (''Girls'')
* एक पत्नी के नोट्स (''A Wife's Notes'')
* दौड़ (''Distance'')
* अँधेरे का ताला (''The Lock of Darkness)''
* दुक्खम्‌ - सुक्खम् (''Sadness and Happiness'')

Other works:<ref name=":0" />

* Plays: यहाँ रहना मना है (''It is Forbidden to Live Here''), आप न बदलेंगे (''You Won't Change'')
* Memoir: कितने शहरों में कितनी बार (''How Many Times in How Many Cities'')
* A translation of Somerset Maugham's work ''Of Human Bondage'' into Hindi.

== References ==
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