Vinod Kumar Shukla
Vinod Kumar Shukla was born in Rajnandgaon, in central India, in 1937. For most of his writing life, he taught at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, from where he retired in 1996. His first publication, in 1971, was a poetry chapbook Lagbhag Jai Hind [Hail India, Almost]. He has since published more than a dozen books that include both poetry, fiction, and books for children. His first novel Naukar ki kameez (1979), translated as The Servant's Shirt by Satti Khanna in 1999, was...See more
Vinod Kumar Shukla was born in Rajnandgaon, in central India, in 1937. For most of his writing life, he taught at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, from where he retired in 1996. His first publication, in 1971, was a poetry chapbook Lagbhag Jai Hind [Hail India, Almost]. He has since published more than a dozen books that include both poetry, fiction, and books for children. His first novel Naukar ki kameez (1979), translated as The Servant's Shirt by Satti Khanna in 1999, was made into a film by Mani Kaul and won the 1999 NETPAC Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Among Shukla's many awards is the Sahitya Akademi Award and the 2023 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. See less
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