President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other eminent leaders have condoled the death of eminent Hindi author Namvar Singh at the age of 92.
About:
Born in 1926 in Varanasi, he was an literary critic, linguist, academician and theoretician.
He had authored over a dozen books in Hindi including 'Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman', 'Chhayavad' and 'Dusri Parampara Ki Khoj' among others.
He also worked as the Editor of a weekly news magazine 'Janyuga' , and 'Alochana' , a Hindi magazine for literary criticism.
He was the founder and first chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru University's Centre of Indian Languages.
Awards and Honours:
He received Sahitya Academy Award for literary criticism in 1971 for 'Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman'.
He also received Sahitya Bhushan Samman by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan.
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