Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (9 August 1893 – 21 January 1963) was a noted
Hindi
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and
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novelist
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,
editor
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and
prose
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. He contributed in pioneering modern trends in, as well as in fiction. His texts ''"Mata ka Anchal"'' also printed in
CBSE Book. In the text ''Mata ka Anchal'', he has shown a wonderful bond with mother. He also conferred him with
Padma Bhushan
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award by the
Government of India
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Personal life
Shivpujan Sahay was born in a
Kayastha
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family land-owning family in the Unwans village of
Bhojpur District on 9 August 1893. His childhood name was 'Bholanath'.
Education and career
After his early education and a short stint as a Hindi language teacher at
Ara
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(1903–1921), Acharya Shivpujan Sahay went to
Kolkata
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to edit 'Marwari Sudhar' and then joined ''Matwala'' as an Editor in 1923. He moved to
Lucknow
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in 1924 to join the editorial department of Dularelal Bhargava's ''Madhuri'' where he worked with noted Hindi author Munshi
Premchand
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and edited his ''Rangbhumi'' and some of his other stories.
In 1925, he returned to
Calcutta
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and engaged in editing short-lived journals such as ''Samanway'', ''Mauji'', ''Golmal'', ''Upanyas Tarang''. Finally, Sahay moved to
Varanasi
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(Kāśi) in 1926 to work as a
freelance
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editor. For a short period in 1931, he went to
Sultanganj
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near
Bhagalpur
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to edit ''Ganga''. However, he returned to Varanasi in 1932 where he was commissioned to edit ''Jagaran'', a literary fortnightly brought out by
Jaishankar Prasad
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and his circle of friends. Sahay once again found himself working with Premchand. He also went on to become a prominent member of the
Nagari Pracharini Sabha
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and similar literary circles in
Varanasi
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In 1935, he moved to Laheria Sarai with his family (
Darbhanga
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) to work as editor of ''Balak'' and other publications of Pustak Bhandar owned by
Acharya Ramlochan Saran
Acharya Ramlochan Saran (11 February 1889, Muzaffarpur–14 May 1971, Darbhanga) was a Hindi littérateur, grammarian and publisher. He founded Pustak Bhandar, a publishing enterprise, in Laheriasarai in 1915 and moved his publishing office ...
. In 1939, he joined Rajendra College,
Chhapra
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as a Professor of Hindi Language. In 1946, on a year's leave, he moved to
Patna
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to edit ''Himalaya'', a literary monthly which was published by Pustak Bhandar owned by
Acharya Ramlochan Saran
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.
In 1950, Sahay finally came to Patna to work as Secretary of Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parished, a government academy where he edited and published more than 50 volumes of Hindi reference works. Later he became Director of the Parishad and compiled and edited ''Hindi Sahitya Aur Bihar'' a literary history. He retired from Parishad in 1959.
His own works were compiled and published in 4 volumes of ''Shipujan Rachanavali'' (1956–59) by the Parishad. Later, after his death, his complete works were edited and published by his son Prof. Mangal Murty as 'Shivapoojan Sahay Sahitya samagra'(2011) in 10 volumes. Shivpujan Sahay is also remembered for his editing of several literary commemoration volumes, chiefly ''Dwivedi Abhinandan Granth'' (1933),''Anugrah Abhinandan Granth'' (1946), ''Rajendra Abhinandan Granth'' (1950) and ''Jayanti Smarak Granth'' (1942). He also edited Dr.
Rajendra Prasad
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's ''Atmakatha''. He was awarded
Padma Bhushan
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in 1960.
Works by Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
Stories and novels
*''Wey Din Wey Log'' – 1965
*''Bimb:Pratibimb'' – 1967
*''Mera Jeevan'' – 1985
*''Smritishesh'' – 1994
*''Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya'' – 1996
*''Gram Sudhar'' – 2007
*''Dehati Duniya'' – 1926
*''Vibhuti'' – 1935
*''Mera Bachapan'' – 1960
*''Amar Senani Veer Kunwar Singh''- 1962
*''Mata ka anchal''
Edited works
*''Dwivedi Abhinandan Granth'' – 1933
*''Rajendra Abhinandan Granth'' – 1950
*''Anugrah Abhinandan Granth'' – 1946
*'' Jayanti Smarak Granth'' – 1942
*''Bihar ki Mahilayen'' (Rajendra Abhinandan Granth) – 1962
*''Atmakatha'' – 1947
*''Rangbhumi'' – 1925
*''Samanway'' – 1925
*''Mauji'' – 1925
*''Golmaal''- 1925
*''Jagaran'' – 1932
*''Balak'' – 1930
*''Himalaya''- 1946
*''Hindi Sahitya Aur Bihar''- 1962
*''Madhuri''- 1924
Bhojpuri
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Kundan Singh-Kesar Bai (Short Story)
Death
He died in Patna on 21 January 1963. His posthumously published books are ''Wey Din Wey Log'' (1965), ''Mera Jeevan'' (1985), ''Smritishesh'' (1994), ''Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya'' (1996), and ''Gram Sudhar'' (2007) and 'Shivapoojan Sahay Sahitya Samagra' (10 Vols.)
References
Further reading
*''Shivpujan Sahay'' by Mangal Murty, Published by
Sahitya Academy
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, 35 Phirozshah Marg, New Delhi, India.
* ' Shivpujan Sahay : Pratinidhi Rachanayen' (Ed. Mangal Murty) Published by
National Book Trust
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, New Delhi
External links
CM, Governor Pays Respect to Shivpujan Sahay – PatnaDaily.Com
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