Tripurari Sharma

About Tripurari Sharma

Born on 31st July 1956, I grew up in Delhi, studying English literature in Miranda House and then Theatre at the National School of Drama. For a long time, l worked with Street theatre, women's groups and performers of Folk theatre in different parts of the country. Later on I joined the faculty of NSD from where I retired three years ago. I have written plays in Hindustani, like, 'Bahu', 'Kath ki gadi', 'Reshmi Rumaal' 'Azeezun' 'Aadha Chand' which have also been performed. A few years ago, I received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Theatre Direction. I have also made plays for children and written stories for them which have been published by Room to Read, while National Book Trust brought out 'Alu', a collection of short stories. Journals like 'Hans' and 'Kathan' have published some of my Hindi short stories. My first two short stories in English, 'The Side Entrance', and 'His Father's House' were published in Guftugu and Out of Print respectively.