Hindi poet Viren Dangwal passes away

[Nityanand Misra]

Dear list members,

I am sad to inform the list that noted Hindi poet, editor, litterateur, translator, and Sahitya Akademi Awardee (2004) Viren Dangwal passed away this morning in Bareilly. He was suffering from oral cancer from some time. Viren Da, as he was popularly known, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2004 for his anthology दुष्चक्र में स्रष्टा (duṣcakra meṃ sraṣṭā). He was especially known for translating international poetry from many parts of the world into Hindi: he translated poetry by Pablo Neruda (Chile), Bertolt Brecht (Germany), Vasko Popa (Serbia), Miroslav Holub (Czech Republic), Tadeusz Różewicz (Poland), and Nâzım Hikmet Ran (Turkey). His own Hindi poems have been translated into Bengali, Marathi, Malyalam, and Oriya.

News coverage in 

Amar Ujala: http://www.amarujala.com/feature/samachar/national/death-of-poet-viren-dangwal-hindi-news/

Outlook Hindi: http://www.outlookhindi.com/art-and-culture/diary/renowned-hindi-poet-viren-dangwal-passes-away-4310

Wikipedia Hindi article: https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/वीरेन_डंगवाल

One of his old photographs: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hi/d/d6/Virendangwal.jpg

His photo in his last days: http://www.outlookhindi.com/public/uploads/article/gallery/0b2c490868d43dc7aba4612957fbee57_342_660.jpg

Thanks, Nityanand

[Phani Kumar]

Namaste. It is indeed a great loss to literature. Heartfelt condolences to his family and students and admirers of his poetry.

कालोह्ययं निरवधिः विपुला च पृथ्वी ।

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[Nityanand Misra]

On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 3:11:15 PM UTC+5:30, Nityanand Misra wrote:

Viren Da, as he was popularly known, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2004 for his anthology दुष्चक्र में स्रष्टा (duṣcakra meṃ sraṣṭā). 

Typo, that should read दुश्चक्र में स्रष्टा (duścakra meṃ sraṣṭā).

The work was published by Rajkamal Prakashan (ISBN 9788126704132) and is available on their website.

http://rajkamalprakashan.com/default/dushchakra-mein-srasta