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Makhanlal Chaturvedi was the first winner of this award. Krishna Sobti was the first woman winner of this award. Daya Prakash Sinha is the recent winner of this award. Year. Author. Work. Type of Work. 1955. Makhanlal Chaturvedi.
The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is a literary honour in India bestowed by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. [1] [2] It is the highest honour conferred by the Akademi on a living writer, [1] the number of fellows at no time exceeding 21. [3] Elected from among writers thought by the Akademi to be of acknowledged merit, the ...
Died. 11 September 1964. (1964-09-11) (aged 46) Habibganj, India. Occupation. Writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, political critic. Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (गजानन माधव मुक्तिबोध) (13 November 1917 – 11 September 1964) [1] was one of the most prominent Hindi poets, essayists, literary and political ...
Harishankar Parsai (22 August 1922 – 10 August 1995) was an Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style. [1] He wrote vyangya (satire), which described human values and nature. They reflected his critical thinking and humorous way of describing ...
Manglesh Dabral (16 May 1948 – 9 December 2020) was an Indian Hindi poet and journalist. He was associated with Hindi-language newspapers including Jansatta, Hindi Patriot, and Purvagrah. Some of his popular works include Pahar Par Lalten ( transl. lamp on the hills ), Ghar Ka Rasta ( transl. the way home ), and Kavi Ka Akelapan ( transl ...
Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi -language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1] She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. [2]
Agyeya. Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in ...
Vidyapati ( c. 1352 – 1448), also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet cuckoo of Maithili ), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, [2] philosopher, [3] law-theorist, [4] writer, courtier and royal priest. [5] He was a devotee of Shiva, but also wrote love songs and devotional ...