Ardhanarishwar

Ardhanarishwar
Cover of the book
AuthorVishnu Prabhakar
Original titleअर्धनारीश्वर
LanguageHindi
SubjectRomance
GenreNovel
PublisherSahitya Akademi Publications
Publication date
1992
Publication placeIndia
PagesApprox 1200
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award (1993)
Padma Bhushan (2004)
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2002, Punjabi translation)
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2013, Rajasthani translation)
ISBN8189859501

Ardhanarishwar (meaning The Androgynous God or Shiva) is a Hindi novel by Indian writer Vishnu Prabhakar, published in 1992. It won the 1993 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi, given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[1][2] Prabhakar was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2004 for it.[3][4] It is about 1200-pages long and was well received by the readers.[5]

  1. ^ "Vishnu Prabhakar death anniversary: All you need to know about the Gandhian writer". The Free Press Journal. April 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Sahitya Academi Winners (Hindi)". Sahitya Akademi.
  3. ^ "Heartfelt remembrance". Ministry of Culture, India. April 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "End of an era". Tribune India. April 26, 2009.
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