Keki N. Daruwalla

Keki N. Daruwalla
Half-length portrait of Daruwalla speaking into a microphone
Daruwalla in 2016
Born(1937-01-24)24 January 1937
Lahore, Punjab Province, British India
Died26 September 2024(2024-09-26) (aged 87)
Delhi, India
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
Alma materUniversity of Punjab
Period1957
Notable worksApparition, Keeper of the Dead
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award (1984), Padma Sri

Keki Nasserwanji Daruwalla (24 January 1937 – 26 September 2024) was an Indian poet and short story writer in English.[1][2] He was also a Indian Police Service officer.

He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, in 1984 for his poetry collection, The Keeper of the Dead, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[3] He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2014.[4]

  1. ^ Keki N. Daruwalla The South Asian Literary Recordings Project. Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "A long story". The Indian Express. 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award – English (Official listings)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards Announced". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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