Jainendra Kumar

Indian writer

  • Parakh
  • Paap Aur Prakash
  • Muktibodh
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan
1971
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
1979
Sahitya Akademi Award
1966

Jainendra Kumar (2 January 1905 – 24 December 1988) was a 20th-century Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He wrote novels include Sunita and Tyagapatra. He was awarded one of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Bhushan in 1971.[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Sahitya Akademi in 1966, for his work Muktibodh (novelette), and its highest award, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979.[2]

Literary works

  • Suneeta
  • Neelam Desh ki Rajkanya
  • Chidiya Ki Bhachi
  • Ek Raat
  • Vatayan
  • Parakh
  • Ankita
  • Sukhda
  • Kalyani
  • Jayvardhan
  • Dashark
  • Akal Purush Gandhi
  • Premchand: Ek Krati Vyaktitva
  • Sahitya ka Shrey Aur Prey
  • Samay Aur Hum
  • Jeevan Sahitya Aur Paramparayein
  • Gandhi aur Humara Samay Tatha Sanskriti
  • Khel
  • Pajeb
  • Patni
  • Apna Apna Bhagya
  • Muktibodh
  • "Atma Shikshan" (short story)

Translations

  • Prem Mein Bhagwaan
  • Paap Aur Prakash
  • Yama

Awards and honors

  • Hindustan Academy Puraskar, 1929 for Parakh
  • Sahitya Akademi Award, 1953 for Paap Aur Prakash
  • Hastimal Dalmiya Puraskar, 1965 for Muktibodh
  • Padma Bhushan, 1971
  • Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, 1979

References

  1. ^ "Padma Bhushan". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  2. ^ Official site for Sahitya Akademi Awards Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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  • Literacy India - Hindi Literature Archived 20 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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Léopold Sédar Senghor (1974)
Edward C. Dimock, Jr., Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr., Kamil Zvelebil, Ji Xianlin (1996)
Vassilis Vitsaxis, Eugene Chelyshev (2002)
Ronald E. Asher (2007)
Abhimanyu Unnuth (2013)
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Senake Bandaranayake, Chie Nakane, Azad N. Shamatov (1996)
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