Manju Jaidka
Manju Jaidka is former Faculty Dean and Head of Department at Shoolini University's Department of English.[1] She was formerly a professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.[2]
Manju Jaidka | |
|---|---|
| Born | Haryana, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | Shoolini University |
Books
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English. Co-edited with Tej N. Dhar. Slated for September 2023.
- When Cato Played Cupid and Other Stories. Petals Publishers, 2022.
- Gumshoe Mania: A Novel. Vishwakarma Publishing House, November 2021.
- Covid’s Metamorphosis: Stories from our Corona Times. Amazon Kindle publication, Sept 2020. https://www.amazon.in/COVIDS-METAMORPHOSIS-STORIES-CORONA-TIMES-ebook/dp/B08HQR3W85
- Saudade. Poetry collection. Sapatrishi Publications, Chandigarh. December 2019.
- Amaltas Avenue: A Novel. New Delhi: Lifi Publishers, June 2014.
- For Reasons Unknown. Poetry anthology. Allahabad: Cyberwit. Jan 2013.
- Scandal Point: A Novel. New Delhi: Rupa Publishers. Dec 2011.
- Spots of Time: A Novel. Chandigarh: Graphit India. Oct 2007
- The Seduction and Betrayal of Cat Whiskers: An Academic Satire. Chandigarh: Graphit India. Oct 2007. Rpt Jan 2013.
- Ed. Vignettes: Anthology of Short Stories by Women (translated from Hindi) for Sahitya Akademi, Delhi. 2018.
- The Next Milestone Nov 2016 (on management of disability). Print edition, March 2017.
- Essays on American Literature: Signposts and Landmarks. Arun Publishing House, Chandigarh. January 2021.
- Narratives Across Borders. Cambridge Scholars, 2016. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/narratives-across-borders
- Deepa Mehta's Elemental Trilogy. New Delhi: Readworthy Press, July 2011. https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Critical_Study_of_Deepa_Mehta_s_Trilog.html?id=n_x1dnrUwmsC&redir_esc=y
- Landmarks in American Literature. New Delhi:Prestige Press, 2007. http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=13708
- Politics of Location in the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas, co-edited with Anil Raina (Chandigarh: Arun Publishing House, 2003).
- An Annotated Anthology of English and American Poetry (University Grants Commission Text Book Award). Chandigarh: Panjab University Publication Bureau, 2002.
- Cross-Cultural Transactions in Multi-Ethnic Literatures of America, eds. Anil Raina, Manju Jaidka, Somdatta Mandal and Vijay Kumar Sharma. New Delhi:Prestige Press, 2002
- From Slant to Straight: Recent Trends in Women's Poetry. New Delhi: Prestige Publishers, 2000.
- T. S. Eliot's Use of Popular Sources (Mellen Press, US, 1997). This was her Post-Doctoral Fulbright project for which research was carried out at the Houghton (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), Beinecke (Yale), Harry Ramson Centre (Austin, Texas), and New York Public Library.
- Tiresias and Other Masks: English and American Poetry after The Waste Land. Chandigarh: Arun Publishing House, 1994.
- Confession and Beyond: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath. Chandigarh: Arun Publishing House, 1992.
Awards and honours
Recent:
- Award for Best Novel in English, from the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, 2022.
- Award for the best published poetry collection in English from the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi. March 2020.
- 2016: Award for Lifetime Contribution to Literature from Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi.[3]
- 2015 (March): Visiting Professorship, New York University.[4]
- April 2010 and April 2012: Visiting Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
- March – April 2008, Jaidka was awarded the Lillian Robinson Fellowship by the Simone de Beauvoir Institute for Feminist Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. http://wsdb.concordia.ca/faculty-and-staff/lillian-robinson-scholars/documents/PreviousLillianRobinsonScholars_002.pdf
References
- "Webinar on detective fiction concluded at Shoolini University". Crazy News India. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- "NEWS FROM PU CHANDIGARH". indianewscalling.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- Service, Tribune News. "10 authors felicitated with Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi award". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- Service, Tribune News. "Flash mob". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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