Vijaydan Detha

Vijaydan Detha
Vijaydan Detha
Vijaydan Detha
Born(1926-09-01)1 September 1926
Borunda, Jodhpur State, British India
(now in Rajasthan, India)
Died10 November 2013(2013-11-10) (aged 87)
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Pen nameBijji
OccupationWriter
LanguageRajasthani
GenreSatire, folklore
SubjectSocialism, Antifeudalism, feminism
Notable awardsPadma Shri

Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Sahitya Akademi Award

Rajasthan Ratna
SpouseSayar Kanwar
Children5 (including Kailash Kabir)

Vijaydan Detha (1 September 1926 – 10 November 2013), also known as Bijji, was a noted Indian writer of Rajasthani literature.[1] He was a recipient of several awards including the Padma Shri and the Sahitya Akademi Award.[2]

Detha has more than 800 short stories to his credit, which have been translated into English and other languages. With Komal Kothari, he founded Rupayan Sansthan, an institute that documents Rajasthani folklore, art, and music. His literary works include Bataan ri Phulwari (Garden of Tales), a 14-volume collection of stories that draws on folklore in the spoken dialects of Rajasthan. Many of his stories and novels have been adapted for the stage and the screen: adaptations include Mani Kaul's Duvidha (1973),[3] Habib Tanvir and Shyam Benegal's Charandas Chor (1975),[4] Prakash Jha's Parinati (1986),[5] Amol Palekar's Paheli (2005),[6] Pushpendra Singh's The Honour Keeper (2014),[7] Dedipya Joshii's Kaanchli Life in a Slough[8] (2020), and Pushpendra Singh's Laila aur Satt Geet (2020).[9]

  1. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ Debnath, Sayari (6 May 2023). "'A challenge of translating from Rajasthani is to keep its orality alive in English': Vishes Kothari". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Film flashback, The ghost in the tree, from 1973". TheGuardian.com. 14 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Moviebuff".
  5. ^ "Fate and Greed in Rajasthan A Long Time Ago". 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ "'Paheli' is a whim of mine, says Shah Rukh". 20 May 2005.
  7. ^ "A love story out of a folk take about a woman who claims her freedom in timeless Rajasthan". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Kaanchli Life in a Slough movie review: Raw, bold & probing". 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "The Whole Idea of borders redundant: Laila aur satt geet director Pushpendra Singh". 5 March 2020.