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                Santhini Govindan
 is a widely published, award-winning author of children’s literature in English. She has written more than 50 books for
           children, including poetry, picture books, and short  stories for children of all ages. Her publishers include the National Book Trust (India),
           Children’s Book, Trust, Harper Collins India, Scholastic India, India Book 
House, Pushtak Mahal, Vikas Publishing House, and Publications 
           Division, Ministry of  Information and Broadcasting, (Govt. of India), among others.  Her books have been translated into many Indian
           languages and she written more than 300 stories and features for children that have appeared in children’s magazines and national dailies
           in India and overseas.

           She was awarded a two-year  Junior Fellowship in Literature from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Culture,
           Government of India in 1996, to write historical fiction for children in the short story form. 
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           In 1998, she was awarded a two-year Senior Fellowship in Literature by the Department of Culture, Govt. of India, for a research project on
           ‘Children’s Literature in English in India.’
  In July 2001, she was the first Indian writer to be invited to attend the annual Highlights Foundation 
           Writers Workshop, held at Chautauqua, New York in the United States. ‘Highlights for Children’, published from the USA, is the largest selling 
           children's magazine in the world with a circulation of 3 million worldwide. 
               Many of Santhini Govindan’s books are now used as readers at schools across India.  She wrote two columns in the well-known monthly
           children’s magazine 'Chandamama' on historical fiction and mythology for two years till the magazine ceased publication in 2013. She has
           conducted workshops for children at schools across Mumbai, and has taught creative writing at the under- graduate level at Mumbai
​           University.


                                          
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  • About
    • Family and Friends
    • Awards and Honours
    • Publications I've Written For
  • Home
  • Published Works
    • Published Features & Articles >
      • A Quick Read
      • Poetry
      • Shape Poems
      • WORDPLAY - Poetry writing series in RobinAge
      • Mythology
    • Historical Fiction
    • Short Stories >
      • Retold Stories
    • Picture Books
    • Anthologies
    • Stories online
    • FOLK TALES
    • Academic Books
  • Contact
    • Letters to the Author
  • Blog
  • Punch Needle Embroidery
  • Painting with Threads
  • Hopping Treasures
  • New
  • For Educators
  • Workshops
  • FROM THE PAGES OF CHANDAMAMA MAGAZINE
  • Elsewhere Online