Mohan Bhandari | |
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Born | Banbhaura, Sangrur district, Punjab, British India[1] | 14 February 1937
Died | 26 November 2021 Chandigarh, India | (aged 84)
Language | Punjabi[1] |
Mohan Bhandari (14 February 1937 – 26 November 2021) was a Punjabi writer who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998, but later returned it in 2015.[2][3][1]
Mohan Bhandari was born in 1937 in the Banbhaura village of Sangrur district, Punjab.[4] Bhandari was influenced by Urdu writer Manto alongside Russian authors including Gorky, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov.[5] He is credited with as many as 15 short story collection books which include critically acclaimed Kaath di Latt, Til-Chouli, Gora Basha among others. Bhandari received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998 for his collection of short stories, Moon di Akh.[3][5]
Bhandari died on 26 November 2021 at the age of 84 in Chandigarh.[2]