Kamleshwar (6 January 1932 â€" 27 January 2007) was a prominent
20th-century Hindi writer, and scriptwriter for Hindi cinema and
television. Among his most well-known work are the films Aandhi,
Mausam, Chhoti Si Baat and Rang Birangi. He was awarded the 2003
Sahitya Akademi Award for his Hindi novel Kitne Pakistan (translated
in English as Partitions), and also the Padma Bhushan in 2005.[1]He is
considered a part of the league of Hindi writers like Mohan Rakesh,
Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav and Bhisham Sahni, who left the old
pre-independence literary preoccupations and presented the new
sensibilities that reflected new moorings of a post-independence
India, thus launching the Hindi literature's Nayi Kahani ("New Story")
movement in the 1950s.[2]Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena[3] was born in the
Mainpuri district[4] of Uttar Pradesh, India, where he spent his early
years. Kamleshwar's first story, "Comrade", was published in 1948.[5]
20th-century Hindi writer, and scriptwriter for Hindi cinema and
television. Among his most well-known work are the films Aandhi,
Mausam, Chhoti Si Baat and Rang Birangi. He was awarded the 2003
Sahitya Akademi Award for his Hindi novel Kitne Pakistan (translated
in English as Partitions), and also the Padma Bhushan in 2005.[1]He is
considered a part of the league of Hindi writers like Mohan Rakesh,
Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav and Bhisham Sahni, who left the old
pre-independence literary preoccupations and presented the new
sensibilities that reflected new moorings of a post-independence
India, thus launching the Hindi literature's Nayi Kahani ("New Story")
movement in the 1950s.[2]Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena[3] was born in the
Mainpuri district[4] of Uttar Pradesh, India, where he spent his early
years. Kamleshwar's first story, "Comrade", was published in 1948.[5]
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