Pratap Narayan Tandon
Pratap Narayan Tandon (died 1990s) was a Indian Hindi social novelist and literary critic.
Biography
Tandon was born in the city of Lucknow, British Raj.
Career
Between 1960 and 1970, he wrote a number of novels, which helped to establish a completely new genre of readers.[1] He used simple, conversational Hindi when writing, and his writing style was completely original. He was regarded as an accomplished writer of novels centered on current events.[1]
His most successful novel was Andhi Duniyan, published in 1970. It follows the story of Riti, a young girl who finds herself instantly encircled by darkness, and the entire world watches as the drama of her life plays out. When she lost her sight, her good looks were totally overshadowed, and she has to fight social suffocations despite her constant pains to rebel.[2]
Recognition
In 1973, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Brij Behari Nayak, professor and director of University of Lucknow, for his social novels.[3]
Publications
Fiction
- 1956: Kaindidey [कैंडिडे][4]
- 1960: Andhi Drishti [अन्धी दृष्टि] (Eng. trans. Blind Vision)
- 1964: Navab Kankauva [नवाब कनकौवा]
- 1966: Rita [रीता]
- 1969: Premkanda [प्रेमकांडा]
- 1970: Andhi Duniyan [आधी दुनिया] (Eng. trans. Half the World)
- 1975: Dhabbe [धब्बे] (Eng. trans. Spots)
Non-fiction
- 1956: Urdu-Sahitya ka Saral Ititras [उर्दू-साहित्य का सरल िटिटर्स] (Eng. trans. Simple Titters of Urdu Literature)
- 1957: Hindi Sahitya: Pichhala Dashak [हिंदी साहित्य:पिछले दशक] (Eng. trans. Hindi Literature: Last Decade)
- 1964: Hindi Upanyas Mein Katha Shilp ka Vikas [हिंदी उपन्यास में कथा शिल्प का विकास] (Eng. trans. Development of Narrative Craft in Hindi Novel)
- 1967: Sameeksha ke Bhav aur Hindi Sameeksha ki Vishishttu Pravarthiyam [समीक्षा के भाव और हिंदी समीक्षा की विशिष्टु प्रवर्तियाँ] (Eng. trans. Reflection of Review and Specific Tendency of Hindi Review)
- 1968: Hindi Sahitya ka Pravarthigat Ithihas [हिंदी साहित्य का प्रवर्तिगात इतिहास] (Eng. trans. Early History of Hindi Literature)
- 1970: Pashchathya Samiksha ki Rooprekha [पाश्चातय समीक्षा की रूपरेखा] (Eng. trans. Outline of Western Review)
- 1970: Hindi Khani Kala [हिंदी कहानी कला] (Eng. trans. Hindi Story Art)
- 1971: Roos ke Mahan Upanyaasakaar [रूस के महँ उपन्यासकार] (Eng. trans. Russia's Greatest Novelist)
- 1974: Hindi Upanyas ka Udabhav aur Vikas [हिंदी उपन्यास का उदभव और विकास] (Eng. trans. Origin and Development of Hindi Novel)
- 1982: Vyaktitva Aur Krutitva [व्यक्तित्व और कृतित्व] (Eng. trans. Personality and Creativity)
- 1986: Brahath Hindi Patrakarita Kosh [बृहत हिन्दी पत्रकारिता कोश] (Eng. trans. Greater Hindi Journalism Dictionary)
References
- ^ a b "Pratapnarayan Tandon". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Andhi Duniyan". Penguin Random House India. 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Nomination archive – Pratap Narain Tandor". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Kaindidey: Pratap Narayan Tandan". Internet Archive. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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