Chandrakant Devtale
Indian poet (1936–2017)
Chandrakant Devtale | |
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| Born | (1936-11-07)7 November 1936 Gondwana, India |
| Died | 14 August 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 80) |
| Nationality |  Indian |
Chandrakant Devtale (1936—2017) was an Indian poet, and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Biography
Chandrakant Devtale was born on November 6, 1936, in the Gondwana region of India. During his childhood, his family migrated to the Indore State.[1] He completed his higher education in Indore, and received his doctorate from the Sagar University.[2]: 12
Devtale mostly wrote poems in both Hindi and Marathi.[2]: 12 He has been referred to as one of the most political Hindi poets.[1] In his review of the poem, "दीवारों पर खून से" ('On walls with blood'), Kuldeep Kumar referred Devtale as a "genuine writer, under the enormous, multi-faceted pressures of new society."[3]: 118 In a 2016 event, speaking about poetry, Devtale said: "My roots are in villages and the anxiety in me belongs to the tribals."[4] He has received various awards, including the Makhan Lal Chaturvedi Award,[2]: 12 Sahitya Akademi Award,[5] and Kusumagraja National Award.[6] Devtale's works include:[1]
- "हड्डियों में छिपा ज्वर" ('The fever hidden in bones')
- "भूखंड तप रहा है" ('The Earth heats up')
- "रोशनी के मैदान की तरफ़" ('Towards the Flatland of Light')
- "आग हर चीज़ में बताई गई थी" ('Fire Was Said to Dwell in Everything')
Devtale died on August 14, 2017.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Khare, Vishnu (9 September 2018). "Remembering Chandrakant Devtale". National Herald. OCLC 1243714317. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Chandrakant Devtale (1936–2017)". Indian Literature. 62 (1): 12. 2018. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 26791762.
- ^ Kumar, Kuldeep (1977). "Deevaron Par Khoon se by Chandrakant Devtale (Review)". Indian Literature. 20 (5). ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 24158370.
- ^ "There Lives a Child and a Woman in a Poet: Devtale". The Free Press Journal. 21 June 2016. ProQuest 2289693600.
- ^ "A legacy continued". The Pioneer. 27 December 2012. ProQuest 1243493730.
- ^ "Devtale to be honoured with Kusumagraja National Award". Press Trust of India. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1955)
- Vasudeva Saran Agrawal (1956)
- Acharya Narendra Dev (1957)
- Rahul Sankrityayan (1958)
- Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (1959)
- Sumitranandan Pant (1960)
- Bhagwati Charan Verma (1961)
- Not awarded (1962)
- Amrit Rai (1963)
- S. H. V. Agyeya (1964)
- Nagendra (1965)
- Jainendra Kumar (1966)
- Amritlal Nagar (1967)
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1968)
- Shrilal Shukla (1969)
- Ram Vilas Sharma (1970)
- Namvar Singh (1971)
- Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1972)
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (1973)
- Shivmangal Singh Suman (1974)
- Bhisham Sahni (1975)
- Yashpal (1976)
- Shamsher Bahadur Singh (1977)
- Bharat Bhushan Agarwal (1978)
- Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1979)
- Krishna Sobti (1980)
- Trilochan (1981)
- Harishankar Parsai (1982)
- Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1983)
- Raghuvir Sahay (1984)
- Nirmal Verma (1985)
- Kedarnath Agarwal (1986)
- Shrikant Verma (1987)
- Naresh Mehta (1988)
- Kedarnath Singh (1989)
- Shiv Prasad Singh (1990)
- Girija Kumar Mathur (1991)
- Giriraj Kishore (1992)
- Vishnu Prabhakar (1993)
- Ashok Vajpeyi (1994)
- Kunwar Narayan (1995)
- Surendra Verma (1996)
- Leeladhar Jagudi (1997)
- Arun Kamal (1998)
- Vinod Kumar Shukla (1999)
- Manglesh Dabral (2000)
- Alka Saraogi (2001)
- Rajesh Joshi (2002)
- Kamleshwar (2003)
- Viren Dangwal (2004)
- Manohar Shyam Joshi (2005)
- Gyanendrapati (2006)
- Amarkant (2007)
- Govind Mishra (2008)
- Kailash Vajpeyi (2009)
- Uday Prakash (2010)
- Kashinath Singh (2011)
- Chandrakant Devtale (2012)
- Mridula Garg (2013)
- Ramesh Chandra Shah (2014)
- Ramdarash Mishra (2015)
- Nasira Sharma (2016)
- Ramesh Kuntal Megh (2017)
- Chitra Mudgal (2018)
- Nand Kishore Acharya (2019)
- Anamika (2020)
- Daya Prakash Sinha (2021)
- Badri Narayan (2022)
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