The annual awards, given in 20 Indian languages, included seven books of poetry, two novels, five short stories, two plays, one book each of biography, autobiography, criticism and epic poetry.
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The annual award, won by Journalist-author Raj Kamal Jha in 2020 for his novel ”The City and The Sea”, will now be held for both the years in New Delhi in October, 2022, he informed.
Faiz Ahmed received his early education from Church Mission School and Masters in English and Arabic from Government College, Lahore.
There has also been a poet in Urdu who has used satire as an antidote in his poetry. There is as much humor in the Sher of Akbar Allahabadi, as much as there is a sharp sarcasm of sarcasm.
Apart from his first poetry collection “Chakravyuh”, which is considered a landmark in Hindi literature, his other works including “Atmajaya”, “Apne Samne”, “Koi Dusra Nahi”, and “In Dinon” put him on the forefronts of the literary world.
The poems and plays of Jai Shankar Prasad, the originator of Hindi Chhayavad era, are discussed a lot, but for the first time modern writing in Hindi was initiated in his stories.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath studied at Smith College in Massachusetts and at Newnham College in Cambridge, England.
White kurta-dhoti on body, tall stature, bag hanging from shoulder. Glasses in the eye, a patient-serious face and a gleaming satisfaction of creation…. This was the storyteller Dudhnath Singh. That is, such a pillar of the rich literary tradition of the city from where the model of the sixty-three story was created.
October 17 this year is the 98th birth anniversary of the renowned Hindi novelist Gaura Pant Shivani whose works have an eternal appeal for generations of readers.
Nirala was born on 21 February 1896 as Suraj Kumar Tevari in Midnapur district in Bengal. His primary education was in Bangla.
A literary giant of Hindi-Urdu literature, he is recognized in India as the foremost Hindi-Urdu writer of the early 20th century. He is a novel writer, a story writer and a dramatist. He is also famously known as the Upanyas Samrat which means a great emperor among novel writers.
Acharya Ramchandra Shukla was born on October 4, 1884, Basti district in a wealthy Brahmin family. His father Chandrabali Shukla was a Revenue Inspector (Kanoongo) at that time.
A rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of ’10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World’.
After seeing Captain Tania Shergill leading a contingent in the Republic Day Parade, she decided that it was time to write the book.
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan’s nationalistic poem ‘Jhansi ki Rani’ is widely regarded as one of the most recited poems in Hindi literature.
New research shows how reading books can help young people escape from their sources of stress, find role models in characters and develop empathy.
Satpathy, 55, will receive a cash award of Rs 5 lakh along with a citation in the 42nd Sarala Puraskar, the trust said in the release.
With an ever-growing library of serials, Bynge’s collection Includes romance, history thriller, fantasy, self-help, non fiction, among other genres. It is currently available in Hindi and Tamil and will soon be available in other Indian languages.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing India, ‘For the Greater Common Good’ brings together the author’s varied perspectives, gathered in around one and a half decade of eclectic global experience on International Development at the intersection of public-private-social sector.
The 66-year-old poet was taken to Beleghata ID and BG Hospital on Sunday night as he was suffering from high fever, he said
Ghosh, who suffered from several comorbidities, was hospitalised a few months ago due to deterioration of his health condition.
In a letter to the chief minister on Saturday, the Patna Chapter of the Delhi-based NGO, has also fervently appealed to not demolish fully or partially any other heritage buildings that may fall on the route of a proposed elevated corridor on the historic Ashok Rajpath, from Kargil Chowk to NIT More.
Anil Dharker’s interest in the medium of television led to him becoming President of Dalal Street Journal’s channel India TV, then poised to take off. He was later briefly Creative Director of the Zee Television Network and Chairman of Kaarnik Communications, a TV software company.
World Poetry Day falls on March 21st. The purpose of this holiday is to promote the writing, reading, teaching and publishing of poetry throughout the world.