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Kalyan Bulchand Advani (Sindhi: ڪلياڻ ٻولچند آڏواڻي) (10 December 1911[1] - 17 March 1994) was an Indian poet, critic, and scholar of Sindhi literature.[2][1] He compiled an edition of the Shah Jo Risalo in 1958 and translated Kalidas's work Shakuntala in Sindhi.[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India in 1968.[3][1]
Kalyan Bulchand Advani | |
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Born | Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India | 10 December 1911
Died | 17 March 1994 82) Bombay, Maharashtra, India | (aged
Occupation | Scholar, researcher, poet |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | D.G. National College |
Genre | Prose, poetry |
Notable works | Edition of Shah Jo Risalo, translation of Shakuntala, books on Shah, Sachal and Sami |
Notable awards | Gold Medal (1958) from Sahitya Akademi Sahitya Akademi Award (1968) |
Kalyan Advani was born on 10 December 1911 at Hyderabad, Sindh.[4][1] After the partition of the subcontinent, he migrated to India in 1948 and joined Jai Hind College Bombay (now Mumbai).[1] There, he retired as a Professor of English and Persian in 1976.[5][6]
Kalyan Advani contributed articles to the college magazine Phuleli.[1] After joining as a lecturer, he started a magazine Latifi Bari, named after the saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.[7] He regularly contributed to the literary magazines Sindhu, Latifi Bari, and others.[8]
His first award-winning literary contribution came in 1946. This was the translation of Kalidasa's drama Shakuntala into Sindhi Language.[9] In 1951, his book "Shah" was published.It covered various aspects of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai's poetry. This was followed by similar work on Sachal (1953) and Sami (1954).[10] His work "Shah Jo Risalo" appeared in 1958.[11][12]
Kalyan Advani was a poet himself.[13] His poetry collection Raz-o-Niaz was published in 1960.[14][15] His two English monograms, "Shah Latif" and "Sachal Sarmast" were published in 1970 and 1971, respectively.[16] In 1973, he published a translation of Deewan Muhiuddin from Persian to Sindhi.[8][17]
In 1970, he was part of the Indian delegation of writers to France, sent by the Government of India.[3] He was a member of Sindhi Advisory Board of the prestigious Sahitya Academy.[18] and a member of the Board of Studies of Sindhi departments of Mumbai and Pune Universities.[14]
He received Sahitya Academy Award for his compilation of the Shah Jo Risalo in 1968.[3][1] He also received a Gold Medal from the Sahitya Akademi for the same work in 1958.[10][1]
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