Prabhas Kumar Choudhary
This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2016) |
Born | Pindaruch, Bihar, British India | 2 January 1941
---|---|
Died | 22 February 1998 Kolkata, West Bengal, India | (aged 57)
Occupation | Writer, editor and publisher |
Nationality | Indian |
Period | 20th century |
Prabhas Kumar Choudhary[1][2] (प्रभास कुमार चौधरी, 2 January 1941 – 22 February 1998) was an Indian author, editor and publisher known for his novels and short stories, written in Maithili and Hindi languages. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili language in 1990 for Prabhasak Katha, a collection of short stories and authored other books. He also won the Vaidehi Puraskar in 1982 for his book Raja Pokhair Me Katek Machri.
Life
Born in Pindaruch to Shri Surendra Choudhary and Smt. Kali Choudhary in a Zamindar family, he was the eldest of his nine siblings. People used to affectionately call him Hadbad Babu. He came from a modest background. He did his matriculation from M L Academy, Darbhanga and did a double M.A. in Political Science and History from Patna University.
He was married to Smt. Jyotsna Choudhary (1947–1995) and has six children, two brothers and four sisters. He died of a heart attack at the age of fifty-seven in Kolkata, West Bengal.[citation needed]
Career
He joined Life Insurance Corporation of India in 1966 as Assistant Administrative Officer and had risen to the rank of Regional Manager – Marketing (Eastern Zone) at the time of his death.
Major works
- Bahar Ijot Bhitar Dhuan, Mithila Mihir (Magazine), 1961. Maithili.
- Nav Ghar Uthay: Purn Ghar Khasay[3] (Short Stories), 1964. Maithili.
- Abhishapt, Jyotsna Prakashan 1970. Maithili.
- Yugpurush, Jyotsna Prakashan 1971. Maithili.
- Humra Lag Rahab,[4] Maithili Akademi 1977. Maithili.
- Navarambh, 1979. Maithili.
- Raja Pokhair Me Katek Machri, Jyotsna Prakashan 1981. Maithili. (Translated in Hindi by Smt. Vibha Rani)[5] (Won him the Vaidehi Puraskar, 1982)
- Katha Prabhas, Maithili Akademi 1988. Maithili.
- Prabhasak Katha, Jyotsna Prakashan 1989. Maithili.
- Ashtavakrak Shesh Katha, 1997. Maithili.
- Didbal, 2004 (Post Humous) Jyotsna Prakashan. Maithili
- And many other short stories in Hindi published in various magazines.
References
- ^ "Maithili Literature".
- ^ Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. ISBN 9788126012213.
- ^ Choudhary, Radhakrishna (1976). A Survey of Maithili Literature. ISBN 9789380538365.
- ^ George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. ISBN 9788172013240.
- ^ "hindibook.com: RAJA POKHARE MEIN KITANI MACHALIYAN PRABHAS KUMAR CHAUDHARY HB".
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from July 2022
- Use Indian English from January 2019
- All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English
- Articles needing additional references from May 2016
- All articles needing additional references
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2020
- 1941 births
- 1998 deaths
- Indian male novelists
- Hindi-language writers
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- Writers from Kolkata
- Novelists from West Bengal
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Maithili