Dharamvir Bharati
Dr. Dharamvir Bharati | |
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| Born | 25 December 1926 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India |
| Died | 4 September 1997 (aged 70) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Writer (essayist, novelist, poet) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M.A. Hindi, PhD |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
| Notable works | Gunahon Ka Devta (1949, novel) Suraj ka Satwan Ghoda (1952, novel) Andha Yug (1953, play) |
| Notable awards | 1972: Padmashree 1984: Valley Turmeric Best Journalism Award 1988: Best Playwright Maharana Mewar Foundation Award 1989: Sangeet Natak Akademi Rajendra Prasad Shikhar Samman Bharat Bharati Samman 1994: Maharashtra Gaurav Kaudiya Nyas Vyasa Samman |
| Spouse | Kanta Bharti (married 1954) (first wife), Pushpa Bharti (second. wife) |
| Children | daughter Parmita (first wife); son Kinshuk Bharati and a daughter Pragya Bharati (second wife) |
Dharamvir Bharati (25 December 1926 – 4 September 1997) was a renowned Hindi poet, author, playwright and a social thinker of India. He was the chief editor of the popular Hindi weekly magazine Dharmayug, from 1960 till 1987.
Bharati was awarded the Padma Shree for literature in 1972 by the Government of India. His novel Gunaho Ka Devta became a classic. Bharati's Suraj ka Satwan Ghoda is considered a unique experiment in story-telling and was made into a National Film Award-winning movie by the same name in 1992 by Shyam Benegal. Andha Yug, a play set immediately after the Mahabharata war, is a classic that is frequently performed in public by drama groups[3].
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwriting (Hindi) in 1988, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.