Uday Prakash

Uday Prakash
Born (1952-01-01) 1 January 1952 (age 72)
Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India
EducationM.A., BSc
GenreNovels, poetry, translation articles, TV and films

Uday Prakash (born 1 January 1952) is a Hindi poet, scholar,[1] journalist, translator and short story writer from India. He has worked as administrator, editor, researcher, and TV director.[2] He writes for major dailies and periodicals as a freelancer. He has also received several awards for his collection of short stories and poems. With Mohan Das he received Sahitya Academi Awards in 2011.[3][4] He is the first author to return his Sahitya Akademi award on September 3, 2015 against the killing of M. M. Kalburgi that initiated a storm of national protests by writers, artists, scholars and intellectuals.[5]

  1. ^ Arnab Chakladar. "A Conversation with Uday Prakash, part 4". Another Subcontinent. Uday Prakash: Basically, I see myself as a poet first.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sub1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 21 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Uday Prakash, M P Veerendra Kumar among Sahitya Akademi Award winners". Net Indian. 21 December 2010.
  5. ^ Jyoti Malhotra (24 December 2015). "Write to protest". India Today. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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