Shanker Shesh was an
Indian
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playwright, author, poet and story writer.
Biography
Shanker was born on 2 October 1933 in
Bilaspur,
Central Provinces and Berar, British India. He did his higher education in
Nagpur
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and
Mumbai
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. He got his
Ph.D.
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from
Nagpur University in 1964.
Shesh was associated with
theatre
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from 1956 and remained associated throughout his life. While being appointed as the Chief Hindi Officer of
State Bank of India in
Mumbai
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, he continued to do playwriting and other creative work.
He was also fluent in
Marathi Language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of t ...
and also translated some marathi plays in hindi.
Shesh died on 28 October 1981 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu & Kashmir.
Work
Films
Plays
Awards and honors
Shesh was honored with the Aashirwaad Award by the government of Madhya Pradesh for his plays ''Gharaonda'' and ''Dooriyaan''.
[Honorary award for Shankar Shesh by the Madhya Pradesh Government]
References
External links
* {{IMDb name, nm11675995
Indian dramatists and playwrights
1933 births
Year of death missing