Prabhat Ranjan

Summary

Prabhat Ranjan (born 3 November 1970) is a Hindi novelist, fiction writer, and translator. He is currently professor of Hindi at Zakir Husain Delhi College(Evening) in the University of Delhi, Delhi. He runs an online literary website Jankipul.com since 10 years.

Prabhat Ranjan
Born (1970-11-03) 3 November 1970 (age 53)
Sitamarhi,Madhuvan, Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationPh.D
GenreNovels, Short Stories, Translation, Critic, Blogger
Website
jankipul.com

He has worked as editor of Bahuvachan and Hindi Magazine and Assistant Editor of reputed Hindi daily Jansatta. He has also received several awards. He has translated almost 20 reputed literary books of world literature.

Personal life edit

Background edit

Ranjan was born on 11 November 1970 in the small village of Sitamari District of Bihar. He has done his B.A. M.A. & Ph.D. in the subject of Hindi from Hindu College, University of Delhi. His interest in Hindi language and literature forced him to continue education in the field of Hindi literature and he completed his Ph.D. from University of Delhi.[citation needed]

He is married to Dr. Rohini Kumari, who is a noted translator and Korean Language Expert. She did her PhD in Korean Language and Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[citation needed]

Career edit

Prabhat Ranjan started his career as the Editor of Bahuvachan and Hindi in Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi University, Wardha. He later joined as Assistant Editor of Jansatta, a Hindi daily. Currently he is professor of Hindi language and literature in Zakir Husain Delhi College.[citation needed]

Academic contribution edit

Short Stories collections

  • Jankipul (2009), Bolero Class (2011)

Novel

Non Fiction

Translation

  • Anne Frank's Diary
  • Mohsin Hamd's novel Moth Smoke
  • Khushwant Singh's book ‘Khushwantnama
  • I do What I do by Raghuram Rajan (Former Reserve Bank Governor, Economist)
  • Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella (First Indian Head of Microsoft)

Awards edit

  • Sahara Samay Katha Samman
  • ABP news best blogger award (2014)[5]
  • Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship (2013)[6]
  • Dwarika Prasad Agrawal Bhaskar Yuva Puraskar (2016)[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Prabhāta, Rañjana; प्रभात, रंजन (2015). Koṭhāgoī : (chaturbhuja sthāna ke kisse) (Prathama saṃskaraṇa ed.). Nayī Dillī. ISBN 978-9350729946. OCLC 932066704.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "A peep into the world of light and shadows".
  3. ^ "Top 10 books of India 2019".
  4. ^ "Paltu bohemian Manohar shyam joshi ek yaad book excerpt".
  5. ^ "हिन्दी दिवस पर ABP NEWS के खास कार्यक्रम में सम्मानित हुए देश के 10 ब्लॉगर". ABP News. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship".
  7. ^ "Dwarka Prasad Agarwal Award" (PDF).