Ramesh Chandra Shah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937 (age 87–88) Almora,Uttarakhand, India |
| Occupation | writer |
| Spouse | Jyotsna Milan |
| Awards | Padma Shri Sahitya Academy Award |
Ramesh Chandra Shah is an Indian poet, novelist, critic[1][2] and the author ofSahitya Academy Award winning novel,Vinayak.[3][4][5][6] He was honoured by theGovernment of India in 2004 withPadma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[7]
Ramesh Chandra Shah was born on 1937 in the hilly village ofAlmora in the Indian state ofUttarakhand[1][4][8] in family with moderate financial means and educational background.[4] He graduated fromAllahabad University and secured his masters (MA) in English literature from the same university in 1960.[2] He obtained a doctoral degree (PhD) on the thesis,Yeats andEliot: Perspectives on India,[2] fromAgra University. He began teaching in the high school at Barechhina (Uttaranchal) and later taught in remote colleges in the small towns of Sidhi and Panna in Madhya Pradesh before moving to Bhopal. He retired as HOD English Literature from Hamidia college in 1997.[1][6] after which he chairedNirala Srijnanpith, a literary chair instituted byBharat Bhavan[9] till 2000.[1]
Shah is credited with several books composed of poems, short stories, travelogue, essays and novels.[10][11][12] His first novel,Gobar Ganesh,[13] based on the lives of middle-class families in Almora, came out in 2004.[6]Vinayak, a 2011 work which is considered by many as an extension of his first novel, fetched him theSahitya Academy Award in 2014.[5][8] Years earlier, theGovernment of India honoured him with the civilian award ofPadma Shri.[7]
Shah survives his wife,Jyotsna Milan,[14] a Mumbai born writer[15] who died in 2014.[4] He lives in Bhopal.[6][15]
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