Chandrakant Devtale
Born(1936-11-07)7 November 1936
Gondwana, India
Died14 August 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 80)
NationalityIndia Indian

Chandrakant Devtale (1936—2017) was an Indian poet, and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Biography

Chandrakant Devtale was born on November 6, 1936, in the Gondwana region of India. During his childhood, his family migrated to the Indore State.[1] He completed his higher education in Indore, and received his doctorate from the Sagar University.[2]: 12 

Devtale mostly wrote poems in both Hindi and Marathi.[2]: 12  He has been referred to as one of the most political Hindi poets.[1] In his review of the poem, "दीवारों पर खून से" ('On walls with blood'), Kuldeep Kumar referred Devtale as a "genuine writer, under the enormous, multi-faceted pressures of new society."[3]: 118  In a 2016 event, speaking about poetry, Devtale said: "My roots are in villages and the anxiety in me belongs to the tribals."[4] He has received various awards, including the Makhan Lal Chaturvedi Award,[2]: 12  Sahitya Akademi Award,[5] and Kusumagraja National Award.[6] Devtale's works include:[1]

Devtale died on August 14, 2017.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Khare, Vishnu (9 September 2018). "Remembering Chandrakant Devtale". National Herald. OCLC 1243714317. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Chandrakant Devtale (1936–2017)". Indian Literature. 62 (1): 12. 2018. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 26791762.
  3. ^ Kumar, Kuldeep (1977). "Deevaron Par Khoon se by Chandrakant Devtale (Review)". Indian Literature. 20 (5). ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 24158370.
  4. ^ "There Lives a Child and a Woman in a Poet: Devtale". The Free Press Journal. 21 June 2016. ProQuest 2289693600.
  5. ^ "A legacy continued". The Pioneer. 27 December 2012. ProQuest 1243493730.
  6. ^ "Devtale to be honoured with Kusumagraja National Award". Press Trust of India. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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