Namdev Tarachandani

Namdev Tarachandani
Born (1946-11-25) 25 November 1946 (age 79)
Lukman, British India (now in Khairpur district, Pakistan)
Occupationspoet, writer, scholar
Writing career
LanguageSindhi
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award (2013)
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Namdev Tarachandani is a Sindhi language writer and scholar from India. He lives in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He was born on 25 November 1946 in Lukman (now in Khairpur district, Pakistan).

Jora-Kata (1974) is a novel written by him. It is translated into Gujarati as Vatta-Ochha (1980). Vikhoon (1981) and Paglan (1991) are his collections of short story while Athon-Sur (1984) and Manush Nagri (2011) are his poetry collections. His critical works includes Sindhi Katha Sahitya (2004) and Sach Chavan Ji Chhoot (2011). He received Sahitya Akademi Award (2013) for his book Manush Nagri. He also received the Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar for Sindhi language in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Who's Who of Indian Writers". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sahitya Academy Awards announced for the year 2013". Jagranjosh.com. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "11 littérateurs awarded Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in Ahmedabad". dna. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2017.