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Rajesh Joshi (poet)

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Rajesh Joshi at his home in Nirala Nagar, Bhopal, July 2017

Rajesh Joshi (born 18 July 1946)[1][2] is a Hindi writer, poet, journalist and a playwright, who was the recipient of 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his anthology of poems - 'Do Panktiyon Ke Beech' (Between Two Lines), given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[3] He presently resides in Bhopal and continues to work as a freelance writer.[4] His poems have been translated into English, German, Russian, Urdu and into many other Indian languages. Recipient of Muktibodh Puraskar, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi Puraskar, Srikant Verma Smriti Samman, Shikhar Samman and others.

Biography

Rajesh Joshi was born in 1946 in Narsinghgarh, Madhya Pradesh and graduated in 1966 with Biology, and thereafter took up a job as a school teacher in Ujjain and Indore, he also served as a bank clerk for a while,[5] before leaving the profession in 1972, and starting his literary career as a freelance writer for journals like "Vatayan", "Lahar", "Pahal", "Dharamyug", "Saptahik Hindustan", "Sarika", etc. and later went on to edit magazines like "Naya Vikalp", "Naya Path" and "Vartman Sahitya". Over the years he has authored twelve books including four collections of poetry - "Ek Din Bolenge Ped", "Do Panktiyon Ke Beech" and others - with one long poem "Samargatha" and two short story collections "Samwar Aur Anya Kahaniyan" and "Kapil ka Ped", four plays and one collection of children's rhymes "Gend Nirali Mithoo Ki".[6]

Bibliography

  • Nagarjuna Rachna Sanchayan (Hindi): An anthology of selected writings of Nagarjuna in Hindi, Compiled and edited by Rajesh Joshi, 2005, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi. ISBN 81-260-1907-7.[7]

References

  1. Joshi, Rajesh (September 2006). चाँद की वर्तनी / Chand Ki Vartani (in Hindi). राजकमल प्रकाशन प्रा. लि. / Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt. Limited. p. 109?. ISBN 81-267-1203-1. Google Books d6uoDNY7B40C.
  2. "Rajesh Joshi / राजेश जोशी". Authors. Rajkamal Prakashan / राजकमल प्रकाशन. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.
  3. "awards & fellowships-Akademi Awards / Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2005". Sahitya Akademi, India's National Akademi of Letters. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007.
  4. Sehgal, Satya Pal (10 September 2000). "Resurrection of Kumar Vikal: Hindi Literature" (Review). Books. The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum.
  5. "First pay spent on repaying loan". Bhopal. Central Chronicle. 13–14 August 2008.
  6. Shrivastava, Girish (27 February 2003). "Penning songs of true freedom". Metro Plus Delhi. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 August 2003.
  7. "Booklist Introduction / Books published from Sahitya Akademi, DELHI (from 1 st January 2005 to 31 st December)". Sahitya Akademi, India's National Akademi of Letters. #54. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008.