Hrishikesh Sulabh | |
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 Sulabh in 2006 | |
| Born | 15 February 1955 Siwan, Bihar, India |
| Other names | Prabhat |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Hindi |
| Alma mater | B.N. College, Patna University |
| Known for | Prominent Figure of Indian literature and Theatre of India Presenting rural reality in his works, especially short stories Using the device of Bideshiya Shaili in Modern Indian Theatre |
| Spouse | Meena Shrivastava |
| Children | Vatsala Vasundhara Vallari |
| Parent(s) | Binda Devi (Mother) Rama Shankar Shrivastava (Father) |
| Awards | 1. Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2019, 2. 16th Indu Sharma International Katha Samman, 2010 by Katha UK, London 3. Dr. Siddhnath Kumar Smriti Samman,2009 4. Banarasi Prasad Bhojpuri Samman 5. Ramvriksha Benipuri Samman 6. Anil Kumar Mukherji Shikhar Samman 7. Pataliputra Award |
Hrishikesh Sulabh (born 15 February 1955) is a Hindi writer. He is the recipient of the prestigious 2019 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He is best known for writing short stories and plays in Bideshiya Shaili. He worked with the All India Radio between 1980 and 2015. He is now retired and focuses on writing and interacting with young writers / poets / theater workers and activists. He divides his time between his home at Patna and various cities where his children and grandchildren live.
Hrishikesh "Sulabh" was born in a small village (of Laheji, in district of Siwan, Bihar). He received his basic schooling in the village school at Laheji. The ambience of village stage and theatre led to the inculcation of theatrical values in him.
His father, who was a freedom fighter, moved to the city of Patna for Sulabh's further education. After completing his B.A. in Hindi, he went to pursue his master's degree in the same subject. Due to financial constraints and family responsibilities, he had to drop out after a year of his M.A. education.
As an optimisation between arranging his wherewithal and channelising his creative energies, he took up a job with All India Radio as an executive.
He married Meena Shrivastava on 26 April 1982 at the age of 28. At that time, she was the only graduate in her village (of Madhavpur, in district of Champaran, Bihar). He has three daughters, Vatsala, Vasundhara, and Vallari.
His life and works have been greatly influenced by his father, Dr. Rama Shankar Srivastava (Prasad), who was a homoeopathic doctor and a freedom fighter. Sulabh has been known for crediting his father for being exceptionally understanding. He mentions the freedom and faith extended by his father towards himself as the biggest motivating factors in the journey of his life.[citation needed] For the past three decades, Hrishikesh Sulabh, apart from writing plays and being a theatre activist, has been actively participating in the various cultural movements. His stories have been published in a plethora of magazines and at the same time, they have been translated into various languages, also in English. On account of his intense passion for theatre, he looked up towards writing plays along with story writing. ″Hrishikesh Sulabh″ has incorporated the theatrical skills and ideas of the famous drama style of ″Bhikhari Thakur″ .i.e. Bidesiya″ in his plays for the first time in a very creative style for the contemporary Hindi theatre. ″National School of Drama″ staged his play ″Batohi″. For the past few years he has been continuously writing for the literary magazine 'Kathadesh'.
″Dharti Aaba″ and Rani ka Sapna are Hrishikesh Sulabh's latest play.
His works can be broadly classified into three categories – plays, short stories, and theatre criticism.
His story Ashtabhujalal ki Bhujaein/ अष्ठभुजालाल की भुजाएँ (known after translation as Ashtabhujalalinte Bhujangal) was included in Theranjedutha Hindi Kathakal (translated and edited by V. K. Ravindranath)[8]
