Kiran Nagarkar

Kiran Nagarkar
2013 – at the bookfair of Leipzig, Germany
2013 – at the bookfair of Leipzig, Germany
Born(1942-04-02)2 April 1942
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died (aged 77)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • dramatist
  • screenwriter
Literary movementIndian
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award,
Order of Merit of Germany
SpouseTulsi Vatsal
Website
kirannagarkar.com

Kiran Nagarkar (2 April 1942 – 5 September 2019) was an Indian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A noted drama and film critic, he was one of the most significant writers of post-colonial India.[1]

Amongst his notable works are Saat Sakkam Trechalis (tr. Seven Sixes Are Forty Three) (1974), Ravan and Eddie (1994), and Cuckold (1997) for which he was awarded the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award in English by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[1][2][3] His novels written in English have been translated into German. In 2012, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]

  1. ^ a b Sanga, p. 177
  2. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007: English". -Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ "In Conversation: The artful storyteller". The Hindu. 5 March 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
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