Ramesh Chandra Shah Explained

Ramesh Chandra Shah
Birth Place:Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Occupation:writer
Spouse:Jyotsna Milan
Awards:Padma Shri
Sahitya Academy Award

Ramesh Chandra Shah is an Indian poet, novelist, critic[1] [2] and the author of Sahitya Academy Award winning novel, Vinayak.[3] [4] [5] [6] He was honoured by the Government of India in 2004 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[7]

Biography

Ramesh Chandra Shah was born on 1937 in the hilly village of Almora in the Indian state of Uttarakhand in family with moderate financial means and educational background. He graduated from Allahabad University and secured his masters (MA) in English literature from the same university in 1960. He obtained a doctoral degree (PhD) on the thesis, Yeats and Eliot: Perspectives on India, from Agra University. He began teaching in the high school at Barechhina (Uttaranchal) and later taught in remote colleges in the small towns of Sidhi and Panna in Madhya Pradesh before moving to Bhopal. He retired as HOD English Literature from Hamidia college in 1997. after which he chaired Nirala Srijnanpith, a literary chair instituted by Bharat Bhavan[8] till 2000.

Shah is credited with several books composed of poems, short stories, travelogue, essays and novels.[9] [10] [11] His first novel, Gobar Ganesh,[12] based on the lives of middle-class families in Almora, came out in 2004. Vinayak, a 2011 work which is considered by many as an extension of his first novel, fetched him the Sahitya Academy Award in 2014.[13] Years earlier, the Government of India honoured him with the civilian award of Padma Shri.

Shah survives his wife, Jyotsna Milan,[14] a Mumbai born writer[15] who died in 2014. He lives in Bhopal.

Books and publications

Novels

Short story anthologies

Poems

Essays

Plays

Others

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ramesh Chandra Shah . Pratilipi: A Bilingual Literary Journal . 2009 . 13.
  2. Book: Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot (Volume 5) . Sahitya Academy . Mohan Lal . 1992 . 818 . 9788126012213.
  3. Book: Vinayak . Rajkamal Prakashan . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2011 . 978-8126719921.
  4. Web site: Hindustan Times Interview . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126171851/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/sublime-himalayas-inspired-the-poet-in-me-says-writer-ramesh-chandra-shah/article1-1303483.aspx . dead . 26 January 2015 . Hindustan Times . 5 January 2015 . 15 February 2015 . Abhinay Shukla.
  5. Web site: Amarujala . Amarujala . 20 December 2014 . 15 February 2015.
  6. Web site: Times of India . Times of India . 21 December 2014 . 15 February 2015.
  7. Web site: Padma Awards . Padma Awards . 2015 . 6 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Nirala Srijnanpith . Bharat Bhavan . 2015 . 16 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Amazon profile . Amazon . 2015 . 15 February 2015.
  10. Interview with Sameena . Sameena Ali Siddiqui . 14 December 2010 . YouTube video.
  11. Web site: Author Profile . Hindi Book Centre . 2015 . 15 February 2015.
  12. Book: Gobar Ganesh . Rajkamal Prakashan . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2004 . 331 . 9788126708161.
  13. Web site: Vinayak Excerpts . Aaj Tak . 2015 . 15 February 2015.
  14. Web site: Jyotsna Milan . Muse India . 2015 . 15 February 2015 . 16 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216182454/http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=207 . dead .
  15. Web site: Web Dunia . Web Dunia . 2015 . 15 February 2015 . Rakesh Sharma.
  16. Book: Kissa Gulam . Rajkamal Prakashana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1990 . 304 . 978-8171780747.
  17. Book: Poorvapar . Books India International . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2007 . 978-8189129057.
  18. Book: Aakhiri Din . Vagdevi Prakashana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1992 . 119 . 978-8185127361.
  19. Book: Punarvaas . Vagdevi Prakasana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1995 . 151 . 978-8185127439.
  20. Book: Apa Kahim Nahim Rahate Vibhuti Babu . Vagdevi Prakashana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2001 . 112 . 978-8187482192.
  21. Book: Jungle Mein Aag . Hindi Book Centre . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2014 . 148 . 9789350725832.
  22. Book: Muhalle Mein Ravan . Vani Prakashan . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2009 . 978-93-5000-184-4.
  23. Book: Maanpatr . Vagdevi Prakashana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1992 . 144 . 978-8185127323.
  24. Book: Theater . Vagdevi Prakashana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1998 . 135 . 978-8185127699.
  25. Book: Pratinidhi Kahaniyan . Rajkamal Prakashana . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1994 . 157 . 978-8171783205.
  26. Book: Katha Sanatan . Rajpal & Sons . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2010 . 978-9350640036.
  27. Book: Dekhte Hain Shabd Bhi Apna Samay . Nesanala Pablisinga Hausa . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2000 . 75 . 978-8121405713.
  28. Book: Bahuvacana . Kitabhagahara . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 1998 . 235 . 978-8170164029.
  29. Book: Ancestral Voices . Motilal Banarsidass . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2006 . 87 . 978-8120830547.
  30. Book: Mere Sakshatkar . Ramesh Chandra Shah . 2004 . 157 . 9788170166726.

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