A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1969, appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1985, and elevated to the House of Lords in 1992. Jeffrey Archer has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 250 million copies in 97 countries and more than 37 languages, of his sixteen novels (including Kane and Abel now on its 93rd reprint, A Prisoner of Birth and Paths of Glory), six collections of short stories, three plays, three volumes of his prison diaries and a Gospel. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (fifteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). His latest project is a five-book series called The Clifton Chronicles books one, Only Time Will Tell and two, The Sins of the Father, have both been international bestsellers and book three, Best Kept Secret, will be available in March 2013. Archer is married to Dame Mary Archer DBE, they have two sons and divide their time between London and Cambridge.

शिक्षणानंतर लष्करी आणि पोलीस प्रशिक्षण घेतले. माजी संसद सदस्य. महापौरपदाचे उमेदवार. फसवणुकीच्या आरोपाखाली तुरुंगवासही भोगला. अनेक कादंबऱ्या, कथा, लघुकथा आणि नाटके लिहिली. सावकारांचे ऋण फेडण्यासाठी त्यांनी `नॉट अ पेनी मोअर, नॉट अ पेनी लेस' ही कादंबरी लिहिली. त्यांची ही पहिली कादंबरी वर्षभरातच सतरा देशांमध्ये विकली गेली आणि त्या कादंबरीवर आधारित एक लोकप्रिय मालिकाही बनली. सध्या ते आपली पत्नी डॉ. मेरी आणि दोन मुलांबरोबर लंडन आणि केंब्रिजमध्ये आलटूनपालटून राहतात.

Leena Sohoni is a prolific writer and a translator and has been closely associated with Mehta Publishing House for over 33 years. She has translated over fifty five books into Marathi including the much talked about Lajja, by Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen. Apart from translation Leena also writes in periodicals, dailies and on digital platforms in English and Marathi. Leena completed her Masters in German from Pune University in the year 1981 and was awarded Chancellor’s Gold Medal for securing the highest rank in the Arts Faculty. Leena is a receipient of numerous literary awards including the State Government Award for best translation (for her translations: LAJJA by Taslima Nasreen and WISE AND OTHERWISE by Sudha Murty), G.A.Kulkarni Award, N.C.Kelkar Award, Bal Shatri Jambhekar award and Ranjit Desai Award to name a few. She has attended advanced teachers’ training courses in Germany on scholarships, once by the Goethe Institute and once by the Cultural Ministry of Germany.

जर्मन विषयात पदव्युत्तर पदवी. त्या वर्षी कलाशाखेत सर्वप्रथम आल्याबद्दल ‘चॅन्सेलर्स सुवर्णपदक.’ कोल्हापूरमधील विवेकानंद महाविद्यालयात जर्मन विषयाचे अध्यापन केले. सध्या पुण्यात वास्तव्य. अनुवाद व लेखन यांमध्ये विशेष रुची. पंचावन्न अनुवादित पुस्तके प्रकाशित. सर्वोत्कृष्ट अनुवादासाठी राज्य शासन, तसेच ‘स्वामीकार रणजित देसाई पुरस्कार,’ ‘साहित्यभूषण पुरस्कार’ ‘आंतरभारती’चा ‘बाळशास्त्री जांभेकर पुरस्कार’ इ. पुरस्कारांनी सन्मानित. सहाव्या ‘गोमंतक महिला साहित्य संमेलना’चे अध्यक्षपद भूषविले.