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Acharya Shivpujan Sahay | |
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| Born | (1893-08-09)9 August 1893 |
| Died | 21 January 1963(1963-01-21) (aged 69) |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Shipujan Rachanavali, Mata ka Anchal |
| Notable awards | Padma Bhushan (1960) |
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (9 August 1893 – 21 January 1963) was a notedHindi andBhojpurinovelist,editor andprosewriter. He contributed in pioneering modern trends. Hisauto-biographical story"Mata ka Aanchal" ("Mother's Embrace") also featured in theNCERTHindi textbook, Kritika, for thetenth grade.[1] He was also conferred with thePadma Bhushan award by theGovernment of India.[2]
Shivpujan Sahay was born in a land-owning,Kayastha family in theUnwas village ofBuxar,Bihar on 9 August 1893. His childhood name was 'Bholanath'.[1]
After his early education and a short stint as a Hindi language teacher atAra (1903–1921), Acharya Shivpujan Sahay went toKolkata to edit 'Marwari Sudhar' and then joinedMatwala as an Editor in 1923. He moved toLucknow in 1924 to join the editorial department of Dularelal Bhargava'sMadhuri where he worked with noted Hindi author MunshiPremchand and edited hisRangbhumi and some of his other stories.
In 1925, he returned toCalcutta and engaged in editing short-lived journals such asSamanway,Mauji,Golmal,Upanyas Tarang. Finally, Sahay moved toVaranasi (Kāśi) in 1926 to work as afreelance editor. For a short period in 1931, he went toSultanganj nearBhagalpur to editGanga. However, he returned to Varanasi in 1932 where he was commissioned to editJagaran, a literary fortnightly brought out byJaishankar Prasad and his circle of friends. Sahay once again found himself working with Premchand. He also went on to become a prominent member of theNagari Pracharini Sabha and similar literary circles inVaranasi.
In 1935, he moved to Laheria Sarai with his family (Darbhanga) to work as editor ofBalak and other publications of Pustak Bhandar owned byAcharya Ramlochan Saran. In 1939, he joined Rajendra College,Chhapra as a Professor of Hindi Language. In 1946, on a year's leave, he moved toPatna to editHimalaya, a literary monthly which was published by Pustak Bhandar owned byAcharya Ramlochan Saran.
In 1950, Sahay finally came to Patna to work as Secretary of Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parished, a government academy where he edited and published more than 50 volumes of Hindi reference works. Later he became Director of the Parishad and compiled and editedHindi Sahitya Aur Bihar a literary history. He retired from Parishad in 1959.
His own works were compiled and published in 4 volumes ofShipujan Rachanavali (1956–59) by the Parishad. Later, after his death, his complete works were edited and published by his son Prof. Mangal Murty as 'Shivapoojan Sahay Sahitya samagra'(2011) in 10 volumes. Shivpujan Sahay is also remembered for his editing of several literary commemoration volumes, chieflyDwivedi Abhinandan Granth (1933),Anugrah Abhinandan Granth (1946),Rajendra Abhinandan Granth (1950) andJayanti Smarak Granth (1942). He also edited Dr.Rajendra Prasad'sAtmakatha. He was awardedPadma Bhushan in 1960.[3]
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He died in Patna on 21 January 1963. His posthumously published books areWey Din Wey Log (1965),Mera Jeevan (1985),Smritishesh (1994),Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya (1996), andGram Sudhar (2007) and 'Shivapoojan Sahay Sahitya Samagra' (10 Vols.)
