Devendra Satyarthi Explained

Devendra Satyarthi
Birth Date:1908 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Bhadaur, Barnala, Punjab, India
Occupation:Writer
Yearsactive:1927–2003
Known For:Punjabi folklore
Awards:Padma Shri
Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman

Devendra Satyarthi (28 May 1908 – 2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature.[1] [2] [3] Born at Bhadaur (Barnala)[4] he did not complete his education and started travelling from 1927[5] collecting folk songs which he published in his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name Giddha,[6] which is considered by many as a seminal work.

Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,[7] short stories,[8] poems, essays and folksong anthologies in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi languages, but reportedly on advice from Rabindranath Tagore, he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end. Mere Saakshatkaar,[9] Miss Folklore,[10] Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry,[11] Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika,[12] Lanka Desa hai Kolambu,[13] Brahmaputra,[14] and Rath ke Pahiye[15] are some of his notable works.

A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,[16] Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1977.[17] He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses. Pancham, a monthly magazine published from Lahore, brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, Satyarthi – Ik Dant-katha, written by Nirmal Arpan.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 2015

    . Amazon profile . Amazon . 2015.

  2. Web site: Satyarthi, Devendra . Worldcat . 2015 . 27 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Open Library profile . Open Library . 2015 . 27 June 2015.
  4. Web site: ਰਾਮਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਤਿਆਰਥੀ . 15 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213654/http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 . 13 April 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead . Apna . 2015 . 27 June 2015.
  6. Book: Giddha . Navyug . Devedra Satyarthi . 1970 . 223.
  7. Book: Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo . Sahitya Akademi . 1987 . 27 June 2015 . Amaresh Datta . 987 . 9788126018031.
  8. Book: Selected Punjabi Short Stories . Diamond Pocket Books . 2004 . 27 June 2015. 9788128804786 .
  9. Book: Mere Saakshatkaar . Kitabghar Prakashan . Devendra Satyarthi . 192 . 9788170166702.
  10. Book: Miss Folklore . Pustakayan . Devendra Satyarthi . 9788185134703.
  11. Book: Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry . Navyug Publishers . Devendra Satyarthi . 1987.
  12. Book: Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika . Punjab University Publication Bureau . Devendra Satyarthi . 1989.
  13. Book: Lanka Desa hai Kolambu . Navyug Publishers . Devendra Satyarthi . 1991 . 235 . 978-8185267548.
  14. Book: Brahmaputra . Asia Publications . Devendra Satyarthi . 1956 . 466.
  15. Book: Rath ke Pahiye . Praveena Publications . Devendra Satyarthi . 1993 . 276 . 36640372.
  16. Web site: Signposts . India Today . 1 October 2001 . 27 June 2015.
  17. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2015 . 18 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .

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