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Hrishikesh Sulabh (born 15 February 1955) is a
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
writer. He is the recipient of the prestigious 2019
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...
. He is best known for writing short stories, and writing plays in Bideshiya Shaili. He worked with the
All India Radio
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* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
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between 1980 and 2015. He is now retired and focuses on writing and interacting with young writers / poets / theater workers and activists. He divides his time between his home at Patna and various cities where his children and grandchildren live.
Recent
*Hrishikesh Sulabh is awarded the 2019 ''
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...
'', announced in 2022, for a lifetime of contribution to playwriting and theatre criticism.
[Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India.
History
It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and be ...]
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*Sulabh's latest novel titled "Daataa Peer" (
दाता पीर) has just been published by ''
Rajkamal Prakashan
Rajkamal Prakashan is a noted publishing house of Hindi literature as well as English book publication. Established in 1947, the publishing house is headquartered in New Delhi, with branches in Patna, Ranchi, Prayagraj, Kolkata and some other loc ...
''. , , 2022
*Sulabh's novel titled "Agnileek" (
अग्निलीक) has just been published by ''
Rajkamal Prakashan
Rajkamal Prakashan is a noted publishing house of Hindi literature as well as English book publication. Established in 1947, the publishing house is headquartered in New Delhi, with branches in Patna, Ranchi, Prayagraj, Kolkata and some other loc ...
''. , , Nov 2019
*His latest short-story collection "Sankalit Kahaniya" (संकलित कहानियाँ) has been published by
National Book Trust
National Book Trust (NBT) is an Indian publishing house, which was founded in 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. The activities of the Trust include publishing, promotion of books and reading, ...
(राष्ट्रीय पुस्तक न्यास). , , Nov 2019
*His representative short story collection has been published in the nationally reputed series "Pratinidhi Kahaniya" published by ''
Rajkamal Prakashan
Rajkamal Prakashan is a noted publishing house of Hindi literature as well as English book publication. Established in 1947, the publishing house is headquartered in New Delhi, with branches in Patna, Ranchi, Prayagraj, Kolkata and some other loc ...
'' , , Feb 2018
Life
Hrishikesh "Sulabh" was born in a small village (of Laheji, in district of
Siwan, Bihar). He received his basic schooling in the village school at Laheji.
The ambience of village stage and theatre led to the inculcation of theatrical values in him.
His father, who was a freedom fighter, moved to the city of
Patna
Patna (
), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
for Sulabh's further education. After completing his B.A. in Hindi, he went to pursue his master's degree in the same subject. Due to financial constraints and family responsibilities, he had to drop out after a year of his M.A. education.
As an optimisation between arranging his wherewithal and channelising his creative energies, he took up a job with
All India Radio
All or ALL may refer to:
Language
* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
Music
* All (band), an American punk rock band
* ''All'' (All a ...
as an executive.
He married Meena Shrivastava on 26 April 1982 at the age of 28. At that time, she was the only graduate in her village (of Madhavpur, in district of
Champaran
Champaran is a region of Bihar in India. It is now divided into an East Champaran district and a West Champaran district.
Notable people
* Manoj Bajpai – Indian film actor
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, Bihar). He has three daughters, Vatsala, Vasundhara, and Vallari.
His life and works have been greatly influenced by his father, Dr. Rama Shankar Srivastava (Prasad), who was a homoeopathic doctor and a freedom fighter. Sulabh has been known for crediting his father for being exceptionally understanding. He mentions the freedom and faith extended by his father towards himself as the biggest motivating factors in the journey of his life.
For the past three decades, Hrishikesh Sulabh, apart from writing plays and being a theatre activist, has been actively participating in the various cultural movements.
His stories have been published in a plethora of magazines and at the same time, they have been translated into various languages, also in English.
On account of his intense passion for theatre, he looked up towards writing plays along with story writing.
″Hrishikesh Sulabh″ has incorporated the theatrical skills and ideas of the famous drama style of ″Bhikhari Thakur″ .i.e. Bidesiya″ in his plays for the first time in a very creative style for the contemporary Hindi theatre.
″
National School of Drama
National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe ...
″ staged his play ″Batohi″.
For the past few years he has been continuously writing for the literary magazine 'Kathadesh'.
″Dharti Aaba″ and Rani ka Sapna are Hrishikesh Sulabh's latest play.
Awards
*2019 ''
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...
'', announced in 2022
* 2022 katha kram samman
* ''10th
Indu Sharma International Katha Samman 2010 by
Katha UK''
* ''
Banarsi Prasad 'Bhojpuri'
Banarsi is a census town in Raipur District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.
Demographics
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samman'' for short story writing in Hindi
* ''
Anil Kumar Mukharji shikhar samman'' for theatre activities and play writing
* ''
Ramvriksh Benipuri
Ramavriksha Benipuri (, 23 December 1899 – 9 September 1968) was a freedom fighter, Socialist Leader editor and Hindi literature, Hindi writer. He was born in a small village named Benipur in Muzaffarpur district in a Bhumihar Brahmin family ...
samman'' for play writing
* ''
Pataliputra
Pataliputra (IAST: ), adjacent to modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE as a small fort () near the Ganges river.. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the ...
award'' for play writing and theatre
* ''
Siddhnath Kumar smriti samman'' for play writing and theatre criticism
* '' 1st
shashibhooshan smriti samman'' for play writing
Work
His works can be broadly classified into three categories – plays, short stories, and theatre criticism.
Novels
*
Daataa Peer (novel) दाता पीर()
*
Agnileek (novel) अग्निलीक (debut novel)
Plays
* ''
Amli'' अमली
* ''
Batohi'' बटोही ()
* ''
Dharti Aaba Dharti is a Sanskrit word meaning Earth. It may also refer to:
* Prithvi
Prithvi or Prithvi Mata ( Sanskrit: पृथ्वी, ', also पृथिवी, ', "the Vast One") is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of a devi ...
'' धरती आबा
* ''
Daaliya'' दालिया (based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore)
* ''
Mati Gadi Mati may refer to:
Geography
* Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines, a city
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Mati
** Mati Protected Landscape, a protected area in Davao Oriental, Philippines
** Mati Airport, Davao Oriental, Philippines
*Mati, a barangay ...
'' माटी गाडी (Adaption of ''
Mrichchakatikam'', a
Sanskrit
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play written by
Shudrak
Shudraka ( IAST: ) was an Indian playwright, to whom three Sanskrit plays are attributed: '' Mrichchhakatika'' (''The Little Clay Cart''), ''Vinavasavadatta'', and a ''bhana'' (short one-act monologue), ''Padmaprabhritaka''.Bhattacharji, Sukumari ...
)
* ''
Maila Aanchal'' मैला आँचल (Adaptation of a novel by
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Phanishwar Nath Mandal 'Renu' (4 March 1921 – 11 April 1977) was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of ''Maila Anchal'', which after Premchand's ''Godaan'' ...
)
Short story collections
* ''
Sankalit Kahaniyan '' संकलित कहानियाँ
* ''
Pratinidhi Kahaniyan'' प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ
* ''
Halant
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# halanta, hasanta or explicit virā ...
'' हलंत
* ''
Pattharkat'' पथरकट
* ''
Vadhsthal se chalang'' वधस्थल से छ्लाँग
* ''
Bandha Hai Kaal'' बँधा है काल
* ''
Tuti Ki Aawaz'' तूती की आवाज़ ()
* ''
Vasant ke Hatyare'' वसंत के हत्यारे ()
Theatre criticism
* ''
Rang Manch Ka Jantantra'' -''a book of theatre criticism'' रँगमंच का जनतंत्र (collection of Sulabh's article on theatre) ()
* Regular column on theatre activities in ''
KATHADESH'', a Hindi monthly
* Regular column on theatre for a while in Hindi news magazine Lokayat
* Articles in various other newspapers and magazines Jagaran, Dainik Hindustan, Rashtriya Sahara
** Shabdankan (शब्दांकन)
** Sarika
**
Dharmyug
''Dharmyug'' was a Hindi pictorial weekly published by The Times Group, The Times of India Group from year 1949 till 1993.
History
The magazine was originally published by a Dalmia Group, Dalmia press in Bombay from 1949, just after independen ...
** Lahar
** Sakshatkar
** Kathayatra
** Ravivar
** Vasudha
** Samya
** Ab kahani visheshank
** Vartman Sahity
** Hans
** Kathan
** Sabrang-Jansatta visheshank
** Kathadesh
**
India Today
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and Sahity visheshank of India Today
** Lokmat visheshank
** Prabhat Khabar visheshank
** Sambhav kahani visheshank
** Janpath
** Samkaleen Bhartiya Sahitya and others
His story ''Ashtabhujalal ki Bhujaein/ अष्ठभुजालाल की भुजाएँ (known after translation as Ashtabhujalalinte Bhujangal)'' was included in ''Theranjedutha Hindi Kathakal'' (translated and edited by V. K. Ravindranath)
Contemporary Hindu fiction
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InterviewsInterview with online newspaper Navjivan India
References
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1955 births
Hindi-language writers
Indian male dramatists and playwrights
Indian male short story writers
Indian theatre critics
Living people
Patna University alumni
Writers from Patna
20th-century Indian short story writers
Dramatists and playwrights from Bihar
20th-century Indian male writers
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award