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  2. Harishankar Parsai - Wikipedia

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    Harishankar Parsai (22 August 1922 – 10 August 1995) was an Indian writer who wrote in Hindi.He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style. [1]

  3. Surdas - Wikipedia

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    Surdas's poetry was written in a dialect of Hindi called Braj Bhasha, until then considered to be a very plebeian language, as the prevalent literary languages were either Persian or Sanskrit. His work raised the status of the Braj Bhasha from a crude language to that of a literary one.

  4. Vishnu Prabhakar - Wikipedia

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    Vishnu Prabhakar (21 June 1912 – 11 April 2009) was a Hindi writer. He had several short stories, novels, plays and travelogues to his credit. Prabhakar's works have elements of patriotism, nationalism and messages of social upliftment.

  5. List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Rajasthani

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    Sahitya Akademi Award for Rajasthani Award for contributions to Literature Awarded for Second-highest literary honour in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award 1974 Final award 2024 Highlights Total awarded 51 First winner Vijaydan Detha Most Recent winner Mukut Maniraj Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya ...

  6. Katha (storytelling format) - Wikipedia

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    Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism. It often involves priest -narrators ( kathavachak or vyas ) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts , such as the Puranas , the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana , followed by a commentary ( Pravachan ).

  7. Phanishwar Nath Renu - Wikipedia

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    Phanishwar Nath Mandal 'Renu' [1] (4 March 1921 – 11 April 1977) was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of Maila Anchal , which after Premchand 's Godaan , is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel. [ 2 ]

  8. Vijaydan Detha - Wikipedia

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    Vijaydan Detha (1 September 1926 – 10 November 2013), also known as Bijji, was a noted Indian writer of Rajasthani literature. [1] He was a recipient of several awards including the Padma Shri and the Sahitya Akademi Award.

  9. Makhanlal Chaturvedi - Wikipedia

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    Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi (4 April 1889 – 30 January 1968), also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his contribution to Chhayavaad, the Neo-romanticism movement of Hindi literature.