Jainendra Kumar Explained

Jainendra Kumar
Birth Date:	1905 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kodiyaganj, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Language:	Hindi
Nationality:	Indian

Jainendra Kumar (2 January 1905 – 24 December 1988) was a 20th-century Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He wrote novels include Sunita and Tyagapatra. He was awarded one of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Bhushan in 1971.^[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Sahitya Akademi in 1966, for his work Muktibodh (novelette), and its highest award, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979.^[2]

Literary works

• Suneeta
• Neelam Desh ki Rajkanya
• Chidiya Ki Bhachi
• Ek Raat
• Vatayan
• Parakh
• Ankita
• Sukhda
• Kalyani
• Jayvardhan
• Dashark
• Akal Purush Gandhi
• Premchand: Ek Krati Vyaktitva
• Sahitya ka Shrey Aur Prey
• Samay Aur Hum
• Jeevan Sahitya Aur Paramparayein
• Gandhi aur Humara Samay Tatha Sanskriti
• Khel
• Pajeb
• Patni
• Apna Apna Bhagya
• Muktibodh
• "Atma Shikshan" (short story)

Translations

• Prem Mein Bhagwaan
• Paap Aur Prakash
• Yama

Awards and honors

• Hindustan Academy Puraskar, 1929 for Parakh
• Sahitya Akademi Award, 1953 for Paap Aur Prakash
• Hastimal Dalmiya Puraskar, 1965 for Muktibodh
• Padma Bhushan, 1971
• Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, 1979

External links

• Hindi Literature
• Literacy India - Hindi Literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Padma Bhushan . 8 May 2008 . 7 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007005921/http://www.jainsamaj.org/celebrities/jainendra-110103.htm . dead .
2. http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10301.htm Official site for Sahitya Akademi Awards