Vinod Kumar Shukla, Jnanpith laureate and quiet giant of Hindi literature, dies at 89
Shukla had been admitted to the hospital on December 2 following respiratory complications and was on ventilator support when he died, family sources said.
Shukla had been admitted to the hospital on December 2 following respiratory complications and was on ventilator support when he died, family sources said.
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday conferred the 58th Jnanpith Award on Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan here.
Celebrated poet and novelist Vinod Kumar Shukla has been conferred the 59th Jnanpith Award, making him the first literary figure from Chhattisgarh to receive India’s highest literary honor.
The 58th edition of the esteemed award recognizes their immense contributions to literature in Urdu and Sanskrit respectively.
Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, has penned several memorable and iconic songs in Hindi cinema.
Former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa said that a suggestion to rename Shivamogga Airport after Rashtrakavi Kuvempu will be forwarded to Centre.
The Jnanpith awardee left an everlasting impact on Kashmir literature. He introduced modernist ideas and views in literature belonged to a league of great poets who made immense contribution to the development of new thought processes in Kashmir poetry.
Gun Island is engrossing and almost reads like a whodunit, thus reiterating Ghosh's talent as a master story teller and a craftsman of words. It is amazing how he can thread his ideas about climate change, ecological disasters, crossborder migration and global movement of refugees in search of a better life elsewhere all together in his narrative... A review
Ghosh became the first Indian writer in English to be conferred the Jnanpith Award by former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Wednesday.
He is also credited for bringing in the age of modern Indian playwrighting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.
