Sanwar Daiya Explained

Sanwar Daiya
Birth Date:1948 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Bikaner, Rajasthan
Death Place:Bikaner, Rajasthan
Occupation:writer, Poet, scholar, philosopher and cultural critic
Nationality:Indian
Period:1948-1998
Genre:fiction, poetry, Satire, critic
Subject:socialist
Spouse:Santi Devi
Children:Neeraj, Rajesh

Sanwar Daiya was a well-known Modern Rajasthani writer and translator in Rajasthani and Hindi. He received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 for "Ek Duniya Mahari"(Collection of Rajasthani short-story). He served for many literary institutes of national.

Works

He wrote Man-gat, Kal ar Aaj re Bichchai, Huve Rang Hajar, Akhar Ri Aankh Soon and short stories collections including Ek Duniya Mahari, Asawade Paswade, Ek Hi Jilad me, Dharti Kad Tani Dhumeli. His collection of Rajasthani short-story, Ek Duniya Mahari received the Sahitya Akademi Award 1985.

He translated Anil Joshi’ Stechyoo in Rajasthani.

Awards

He was awarded by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi for his "Ek Duniya mahri" in 1985.[1] He was awarded with Ganeshilal Vyas ‘Ustad’ Padhya Puraskar and Dr. L P Tessitory Gadhya Puruskar.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani RAJASTHANI (Since 1974)