Kuvempu Rashtreeya Puraskar ( 2014) will be awarded to noted Hindi writer Prof. Namvar Singh. The Award carries
an amount of Rs.5,00,000 ( Five Lakh) and a citation. The award will be given
to him on December 29th at poet Kuvempu’s birthplace by the Chief
Minister of Karnataka Shri Siddaramaiah. In the previous year ( 2013) the award
was confirmed to Dr. Sachidanandan, noted poet of from Kerala.
Kuppali Venkata Puttappa ( 1904 --1994), popularly known as kuvempu major poet
of 20th century, was a prolific writer. His works include 27 collection of
poems,10 Literary Essays,12 Plays,3 collection of short stories,4
Translations,2 Biographies, 2 Novels of greater magnitude,1 Autobiography,1
Epic, 3 khandakaavyas,etc. He has received
the prestigious Jnanapitha Award for his epic Shree Ramayana Darshanam,
and also received Padmavibhushan from Government of India .
This National Award was instituted
during 2013. ‘ The committee headed by noted critic Dr CN Ramachandran ( others
are Shri Agrahara Krishnamurthy, former secretary, Central Sahitya academy and
Dr. Purushottama Bilimale, scholar and critic) has unanimously selected Dr
Namvar Singh for the 2014 Award for his excellent contributions to Hindi literary
criticism’ said the president of Kuvempu Pratishthana Prof. Hampa
Nagarajaiah.
Dr. Namvar Singh:
Dr.
Namwar Singh (Born 1927) is a distinguished author and critic in Hindi. Born in
a peasant family at Jiwanpur (Dist. Varanasi), Dr. Namwar Singh was educated at
the Banaras Hindu University, obtaining the degree of Ph. D. in Hindi
Literature in 1953. He then taught at Banaras and Sagar Universities. Latter he
worked as a professor and Head of the Hindi Department, Jodhpur University and
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
He has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the
Wardha-based Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Gujarat. During
his tenure as the vice Chancellor, Dr Singh tried to improve the teaching
standards of the University and impart a new direction to its activities to
maintain its uniqueness.
Dr. Namwar Singh wrote poetry during his student days. Soon he joined the Progressive Writers movement. He published his first book of essays, Bakalam Khud, in 1951. Later he turned to literary criticism, and has published a number of works. He also edits the Hindi quarterly Alochana. His Kavita ke Naye Pratiman, is a comprehensive study of the New Poetry movement in Hindi emphasizing the necessity for a new criteria to evaluate poetry. For its clarity of vision and analytic acumen, the work has been hailed as an outstanding contribution to contemporary Hindi literature. Prof. Namvar Singh has received Sahitya akademi award for this book
Dr. Namwar Singh wrote poetry during his student days. Soon he joined the Progressive Writers movement. He published his first book of essays, Bakalam Khud, in 1951. Later he turned to literary criticism, and has published a number of works. He also edits the Hindi quarterly Alochana. His Kavita ke Naye Pratiman, is a comprehensive study of the New Poetry movement in Hindi emphasizing the necessity for a new criteria to evaluate poetry. For its clarity of vision and analytic acumen, the work has been hailed as an outstanding contribution to contemporary Hindi literature. Prof. Namvar Singh has received Sahitya akademi award for this book
The new criteria springing up in the
Hindi poetry after the Chhayavad have been marked by Namvar Singh. The criteria
are those of realistic poetry: for example, poetic diction, ‘plainness of
statement’, dramatic poetic structure, absurdity and irony, complexity and
tension of experience, and honesty. These are related to both the form and
content of poetry. The criteria concerning poetic diction, 'plainness of
statement', and structure are related to the form while the other criteria are
related to the content of poetry. What characterizes Singh's approach is that
he analyses neither of the two sets of criteria as independent in itself. He
analyses the formal criteria in relation to the content and
vice-versa.
Not only is Namvar Singh,the most
important literary critic in Hindi today, but he also perhaps with Nirmal Verma, the most
articulate and influential of all living Hindi writers, whether critical or creative. Over the last decade or so he
has acquired a pan Indian reputation as one of the tallest literery and
cultural critics writing in any Indian language. He was one of the first
critics in the country – as distinct from the poets, novelists, and dramatists
to win a Sahitya Akademy award ( 1971) and the invitation to him to deliver the
keynote address Sahitya Akademi festival of letters in 1991 was again the kind
of honor usually accorded only to the most eminent for our creative writers.
His s well-known works are-
1. Doosri Parampara Ki Khoj ( 2008)
2.
Bakalam
Khud ( Poetry, 1051)
3.
Chhayavad ( Criticism, 2007)
4.
Kavita Ke
Naye Pratimaan ( Criticism 2004)
5.
Aalochak Ke Mukh Se ( Criticism, 2005)
6.
Itihas Aur Aalochana ( Criticism, 2009)
7.
Wad Vivad Samwad ( Novel 2007)
8.
Hindi Ke Vikas Main Apbhransh Ka Yog
( Criticism 2006)
9.
Aadhunik Sahitya Ki Pravartiyan ( Criticism,
2008)
10.
Karl Marx: Kalaa Aur Sahitya Chintan
( Criticism, 2010)
11.
Prithveeraj Raso : Bhasha Aur Sahitya
( Short stories, 2007)
12. Aalochana Aur Vichardhara ( Criticism, 2012)
13. Bharatiya Samaj ( Criticism, 2009)
14. Hindi Ka Gadhyaparv ( Criticism, 2010)
15. Sath Sath ( interviews, 2012)
16. Zamane Se Do Do Hath ( Novel, 2010)
Address:
Prof. Namwar Singh
32-A Shivalik Apartment
SFS Alakhananda, Kalkaji
New Delhi - 110 019
Ph: 011-26033762 / 09811210285
