Chandranath Mishra Amar (2 March 1925 – 1 April 2021) was a Maithili writer and poet. He was the recipient of the

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award for his 1982 work ''Maithili Patrakaritak Itahas''. He also won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for the year 2010.

Honours and awards

*Founder Secretary, Navratna Gosthi,

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(1943) *General Secretary, All India Maithili Sahitya Parishad (1957) *Language Director and Actor in First Maithili film Kanyadan directed by Phani Majumdar (1964) *Member, Senate, KSDS University,

(1982) *Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili Patrakaritak Itihas (1983) *Member, Maithili Language Advisory Board,

, New Delhi (1983) *Member, Executive Committee, Maithili Academy Patna (1988) *Member, Programme Advisory Committee, All India Radio, Darbhanga (1993) *Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for Parashuramak Bichhal Berayal Katha (1998) *Convenor, Maithili Advisory Board Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (2003) *Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2010)

List of works

Poetry *Gudgudi (1946) *Yugachakra (1952) *Ritupriya (1963) *Unta Pal (1972) *Asha-Disha (1975) *Thahi-Pathahi (2001) Novel, Short-Story & Criticism *Veer Kanya (1950) *Bidagari (1963) *Jasamadhi (1972) *M. M. Muralidhar Jha (1980) *Kashikant Mishra 'Madhup'(1994) *Dinanath Pathak Bandhu (1994) * Zero Power (2006) One-Act Play *Samadhan (1995) *Khajwa Topi (2005) Memoir *Kanyadan Filmak: Nepathya Katha (2003) Miscellaneous *Trifla (1948) *Maithili Patrikaritak Itihas (1981) *Swatantra Swar (1994) *Parashuramak Bichhal Berayal Katha (1995) *Maithili Sahitya Parishadak Itihas (1995) *Maithili Mahasabhak Itihas (1995) Translation *Vidyapati Sukti Taranginee *Bankim Chandra Chatterjee *H. N. Apte Editing *Lok Sahitya (Research Papers)(2006) *Maithili Ragmanch (Research Papers)(2007) *Jagle Rahbai (Poetry) (2007) *Labani Parak Deep (Poetry) *Sandhi Samas (Short Story) *Katha Kislay (2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra Amar, Chandranath 1925 births 2021 deaths Indian writers Indian poets Writers in Maithili Maithili poets Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Maithili Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship