Lata A Life in Music

by Mishra, Yatindra

• ISBN13: 9780670088775
• ISBN10: 0670088773
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-05-07
• Publisher: India Viking

Summary

<p>An ode to the majestic life of the late Lata Mangeshkar, <i>Lata: A Life in Music </i>celebrates art in its totality and tells the life story of India's most loved vocal artists. The result of Yatindra Mishra's decade-long dialogue with the great singer, it also explores the lesser-known aspects of the great artist, introducing the readers to Lata Mangeshkar as an intellectual and cultural exponent and providing a rare glimpse into the person behind the revered enigma.<br>At the confluence of cinema, music and literature, this is the most definitive biography of the voice of the nation that also documents sociocultural changes from the late British era through post-Independent India right up to the twenty-first century. This is the story of the various myths, mysteries, truths and contradictions which make a human an icon and also make an icon incredibly humane.</p>

Author Biography

<p><b>About the Author </b><br>Yatindra Mishra is the author of four collections of poetry and some well-received books on Indian music, cinema and arts in the Hindi language such as <i>Girija</i>, <i>Devpriya</i>, <i>Sur Ki Baradari</i>, <i>Akhtari</i> and <i>Shahernama Faizabad</i> (ed.).<br>The original Hindi version of this book, <i>Lata: Sur-Gatha</i>, won the 64th National Film Award and the MAMI Award for Best Writing on Cinema (2016-17).<br><b>About the Translator</b><br>Ira Pande is a writer, columnist, and an accomplished translator. Over the years, she has translated short stories, novellas, memoirs, autobiographies and literary portraits. She was awarded the Crossword and Sahitya Akademi award for her translation of Manohar Shyam Joshi's novella <i>T'ta Professor</i> in 2010. She has also translated Shivani's stories and memoir <i>Amader Shantiniketan</i>, as well as <i>Apradhini: Women without Men</i>, a work on jailed women.</p>