Neelakshi Singh Explained

Birth Date:1978 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Hajipur, Bihar, India
Occupation:Writer
Language:Hindi
Nationality:Indian
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Awards:Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Young Writers Award, Katha Award, KLF Book of the Year Award 2021, Valley of Words Award 2022, Setu Pandulipi Samman

Neelakshi Singh (born 17 March 1978) is an Indian Novelist and short-story writer in Hindi language. She won Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Young Writers Award, Kalinga Book of the year award 2021[1] & Valley of Words Award 2022.[2]

Career

Neelakshi Singh was born at Hajipur in Bihar on 17 March 1978. She graduated from Benaras Hindu University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in economics. Since 2002, she is an employee with the State Bank of India.

Singh's short story collections "Parinde ka Intezaar saa Kuchh" and "Jinki Muthhiyon me Surakh Thaa" have been praised by literary critics.[3] The title story of her Parinde collection stands as a classic story in contemporary Indian literature. Her novel "Khela" won KLF book of the year award 2021, Prof O.P. Malviya & Bharti Devi Samman 2021 and Valley of Words Award 2022. Her non-fiction title- "Hukum Desh ka Ikka Khota" won the first Setu Pandulipi Samman 2022.[4] Her latest book “Baraf Mahal” is Hindi translation of classic Novel “The Ice Palace (Nynorsk: Is-slottet)” by the legendry Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas (first published in 1963)[5]

She was the main protagonist of the documentary film "Through the Eyes of Words"[6] directed by Shweta Merchant, produced by NHK, Japan.

Publications

Story Collection

Novel

Her first novel 'Shuddhipatra' considered to be ahead of its time, is a sweeping, captivating read that weaves through lines between three generations.

Her latest novel 'Khela is literary fiction that brings some unconventional themes to the reader like structures of power, politics of oil, international conflicts, religion and above all shades of resistance of an ordinary individual This is a book about a quest, and a miracle that grows out of it. A lyrical composition that endure the test of time.[7] [8] [9] [10]

Non-Fiction

Translation by Singh

Awards

Translations

She is read in many Indian languages, and translations of her fictions featured in English [18] and German[19] [20] collections [21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 October 2021 . Neelakshi Singh . Kalinga Literary Festival.
  2. Web site: 2022 | Valley of Words. Valley of Words.
  3. Web site: Bharatiya Jnanpith . 21 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221210947/http://www.jnanpith.net/book/parinde-ka-intzaar-sa-kuchh . 21 February 2015 . dead .
  4. Web site: शर्मा . श्रीराम . 2022-11-03 . पहला 'सेतु पाण्डुलिपि पुरस्कार' नीलाक्षी सिंह को, 'हुकूम देश का इक्का खोटा' के लिए मिलेगा सम्मान . 2022-12-24 . hindi.news18.com.
  5. https://www.setuprakashan.com/books/baraf-mahal-translated-by-neelakshi-singh/
  6. Web site: Merchant . Shweta . Through the Eyes of Words . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221211747/http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/detail/1328 . 21 February 2015 . 21 February 2015 . NHK Enterprises.
  7. Web site: The Year in Books: What newsmakers have been reading in 2022 . 17 December 2022 .
  8. Web site: That is Life .
  9. Web site: पुस्तक समीक्षा: उपन्यास 'खेला' जिसमें कमोबेश हर भारतीय का बचपन गुजरता है. आशुतोष कुमार. ठाकुर. 14 March 2022. Newslaundry.
  10. Web site: कच्चे तेल की उठापटक वाली दुनियां से रूबरू कराता नीलाक्षी सिंह का उपन्यास "खेला". 2 January 2022. News18 हिंदी.
  11. Web site: Book Review | Hukum Desh Ka Ikka Khota: An exquisite, distinctive, and compelling memoir. 8 January 2023. Firstpost.
  12. News: 30 September 2022 . Valley of Words announces winners of PFC-VoW Book Awards . millenniumpost.in . en.
  13. News: Sharma . Shri Ram . 3 November 2022 . पहला 'सेतु पाण्डुलिपि पुरस्कार' नीलाक्षी सिंह को, 'हुकूम देश का इक्का खोटा' के लिए मिलेगा सम्मान . The first Setu Manuscript award will be honored for Nilakshi Singh, 'Hukum Desh Ka Ika Khota' . hindi.news18.com . Hindi.
  14. Web site: 9 September 2021 . Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards 2020-21 announced . indiaeducationdiary.in.
  15. News: Singh . Vinod . 20 September 2021 . कथा लेखिका ममता कालिया और नीलाक्षी सिंह को मिला 'प्रो. ओपी मालवीय एवं भारती देवी स्मृति सम्मान' . Story writers Mamta Kalia and Neelakshi Singh got 'Prof. OP Malaviya and Bharti Devi Smriti Samman' . . Hindi.
  16. Web site: Katha . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221195856/https://www.katha.org/translation-awards.html . 21 February 2015 . 21 February 2015 . katha.org.
  17. Singh, Neelakshi, and Raghubir Sharma. "The Competitor." Indian Literature 49, no. 1 (225) (2005): 32–46. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23346549.
  18. The Competitor . 23346549 . Singh . Neelakshi . Sharma . Raghubir . Indian Literature . 22 January 2024 . 1 . 225 . 32–46 .
  19. Web site: Ulrike Stark (Hg.) .
  20. Web site: Neelakshi Singh . 25 November 2020 .
  21. Web site: An Interview with Geetanjali Shree - Asymptote .

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