Manorama Jafa is an Indian author of more than 100 books for children, as well as feminist novels for adults, and academic research and writing on children's literature.
15 Facts About Manorama Jafa
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Manorama Jafa has served as Secretary General of the Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children and as the Secretary General of the Indian National Section of the International Board on Books for Young People.
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Manorama Jafa was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014, and the Order of the Rising Sun in 2016.
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Manorama Jafa later completed a course in writing for children at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Manorama Jafa began writing in the late 1960s, first for local newspaper columns, but then began developing stories, and her first book for children was Donkey on the Bridge.
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Manorama Jafa has said I am Sona was inspired by a visit to South Africa and addresses children with HIV, and her book Toru Nanu and Hipu is written for children who became orphans after the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Manorama Jafa co-founded the Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children with the cartoonist Shankar Pillai, and served as director of its Children's Literacy Project beginning in 1995.
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Manorama Jafa has written a book about technical writing for children, Writing For Children, and edited the AWIC quarterly children's literature journal Writer and Illustrator, which was founded in 1981.
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Manorama Jafa was involved with the Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, as its children's book specialist.
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Manorama Jafa has served in the juries of the IIY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award as its chairperson and the UNESCO Prize for Books on Tolerance as a member.
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Manorama Jafa has served as a consultant for the Children's Book Trust.
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Manorama Jafa has been associated with the National Book Trust, New Delhi as its editorial consultant.
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Manorama Jafa is the General Secretary of the Indian National Section of the International Board on Books for Young People.
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Manorama Jafa presided over the 26th Congress of the IBBY, conducted in 1998, as its Chairperson.
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In 1998, Manorama Jafa invited Empress Michiko of Japan to give the keynote speech at the International Board on Books for Young People Congress in New Delhi and later visited Empress Michiko in Japan.