Chandranath Mishra Amar

Chandranath Mishra Amar (2 March 1925[1][2] – 1 April 2021)[3] was a Maithili writer and poet. He was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award for his 1982 work Maithili Patrakaritak Itahas.[4] He also won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for the year 2010.[5]

Honours and awards

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  • Founder Secretary, Navratna Gosthi, Darbhanga (1943)
  • General Secretary, All India Maithili Sahitya Parishad (1957)
  • Language Director and Actor in First Maithili film Kanyadan directed by Phani Majumdar (1964)
  • Member, Senate, KSDS University, Darbhanga (1982)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili Patrakaritak Itihas (1983)
  • Member, Maithili Language Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (1983)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Maithili Academy Patna (1988)
  • Member, Programme Advisory Committee, All India Radio, Darbhanga (1993)
  • Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for Parashuramak Bichhal Berayal Katha (1998)
  • Convenor, Maithili Advisory Board Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (2003)
  • Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2010)

List of works

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Poetry

  • Gudgudi (1946)
  • Yugachakra (1952)
  • Ritupriya (1963)
  • Unta Pal (1972)
  • Asha-Disha (1975)
  • Thahi-Pathahi (2001)

Novel, Short-Story & Criticism

  • Veer Kanya (1950)
  • Bidagari (1963)
  • Jasamadhi (1972)
  • M. M. Muralidhar Jha (1980)
  • Kashikant Mishra 'Madhup'(1994)
  • Dinanath Pathak Bandhu (1994)
  • Zero Power (2006)

One-Act Play

  • Samadhan (1995)
  • Khajwa Topi (2005)

Memoir

  • Kanyadan Filmak: Nepathya Katha (2003)

Miscellaneous

  • Trifla (1948)
  • Maithili Patrikaritak Itihas (1981)
  • Swatantra Swar (1994)
  • Parashuramak Bichhal Berayal Katha (1995)
  • Maithili Sahitya Parishadak Itihas (1995)
  • Maithili Mahasabhak Itihas (1995)

Translation

  • Vidyapati Sukti Taranginee
  • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  • H. N. Apte

Editing

  • Lok Sahitya (Research Papers)(2006)
  • Maithili Ragmanch (Research Papers)(2007)
  • Jagle Rahbai (Poetry) (2007)
  • Labani Parak Deep (Poetry)
  • Sandhi Samas (Short Story)
  • Katha Kislay (2007)

References

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  1. ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. ISBN 9788126008735.
  2. ^ "VerbalArt: A Global Journal Devoted to Poets & Poetry".
  3. ^ "बिहार: प्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार पंडित चंद्रनाथ मिश्र अमर का निधन, मिथलांचल में शोक की लहर". News18 India. 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Profile of Chandranath Mishra 'Amar'". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Winners". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2012.