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{{Short description|Indian Sindhi language poet}}

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| name = Narayan Shyam
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|07|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Naushahro Feroze|Tehsil Nowshero Feroze]], [[Shaheed Benazirabad District|Nawabshah District]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|01|10|1922|07|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| alma_mater = [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]]
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| genre = Prose, poetry
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| notableworks = Maak Bhina Rabel, Wari-a-Bhariyo Paland,<ref name=":0" /> Aachhinde Laj Maran, Mahiki Vel Subah ji, Dat Ain Hayat
| children = 8
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1970)<br/> from [[Sahitya Akademi]]
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'''Narayan Gokaldas Nagwani''' a.k.a. '''Narayan Shyam''' or '''Narain Shyam''' (22 July 1922{{snd}}10 January 1989) was a [[List of Sindhi-language poets|Sindhi language poet]] from [[India]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jotwani|first=Motilal|date=1980|title=Narayan Shyam: The Poet of Hope and Affirmation|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23339422|journal=Indian Literature|volume=23|issue=5|pages=103–107|jstor=23339422|issn=0019-5804}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Abichandani Param|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.231020|title=Narayan Shyam|date=2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hans|first1=Holaram Hasija|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_t1jAAAAMAAJ|title=Narayan Shyam: master Sindhi poet|last2=Lulla|first2=M. S|date=1994|publisher=Best Sindhi Sabha|location=Bombay|language=English|oclc=679039086}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Abichandani|first=Param Anand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzHI1G_UiWQC|title=Narayan Shyam|date=2001|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0447-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Master Sindhi Poet Narayan Shyam by Hans, Holaram Hasija: Minor wear. VG. orig. wrappers (2001) 2. edition. {{!}} Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark|url=https://www.abebooks.com/Master-Sindhi-Poet-Narayan-Shyam-Hans/22869652775/bd|access-date=2021-11-24|website=www.abebooks.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hans|first=Holaram Hasija|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999775024202121|title=Narayan Shyam : master Sindhi poet|date=1994|publisher=Best Sindhi Sabha|location=Bombay}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=OpenLibrary.org|title=Narayan Shyam (1994 edition) {{!}} Open Library|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1080306W/Narayan_Shyam|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Open Library|language=en}}</ref> He was one of the foremost poets associated with the progressive movement. He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahtia Academy Award]] in 1970 for [[Sindhi literature|Sindhi Literature]] by [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahtia Academy]], India for his poetry collection.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Narayan Shyam|year=2001|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.231020/2015.231020.Narayan-Shyam_djvu.txt}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Narain Shyam was born on 22 July 1922 in Goth Khahi Qasim, [[Naushahro Feroze|Tehsil Nowshero Feroze]], [[Shaheed Benazirabad District|Nawabshah District]], Sindh), [[Bombay Presidency]].<ref name=":0" /> He received his early education in [[Nawabshah]].<ref name=":0" /> He obtained his BA (Hons) degree from [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] in 1943.<ref name=":0" /> His optional subject in BA (Hons) was [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name=":0" /> He became a teacher of [[Persian language|Persian]] in Muslim Madrasa School Nowshero Feroz,<ref name=":0" /> where he taught until October 1947.<ref name=":0" /> After the [[partition of India]] in January 1948 he moved to [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India.<ref name=":0" /> He also stayed in [[Ajmer]].<ref name=":0" /> Employed in the Post and Telegraph Department in India.<ref name=":0" /> He was a very important and representative poet of the progressive school of [[Sindhi poetry]].<ref name=":0" /> Narain Shyam played an important role in consolidating progressive ideas, concepts and trends in Sindhi poetry.<ref name=":0" /> The maturity of social and political consciousness is evident in his poetry.<ref name=":0" /> Narayan has been associated with freedom and public welfare movements, so his speech clearly reflects modern objectivity. Rare expressions in his style of poetry, the waves of influence seem to merge. Narayan Shyam's study was extensive, he had a keen eye on world literature. He was fully aware of the wide-ranging changes taking place in [[world literature]] and was also aware of the changing role of literature, which is why his poetry plays a very serious social role instead of a hobby. Narain is one of the foremost Sindhi poets who has successfully experimented with the ancient genres of Sindhi literature i.e. Wai (''Vaee)'', [[Kafi]] and [[Couplet|Bait]] etc,<ref name=":0" /> as well as he has done certain genres of Western poetry such as [[Blank verse|Blank Verses]], [[Free verse|Free Verses]] and [[Sonnet]].<ref name=":0" /> He has given more energy and color to the distention of Sindhi poetry. Narain has successfully experimented with three [[Stanza|short stanzas]] in Sindhi poetry in the style of Japanese genre of [[haiku]],<ref name=":0" /> which is an addition to Sindhi poetry.<ref name=":0" /> In recognition of his literary services, the Narain Shyam Award, a literary award in his name, has been launched in India, which is given to poetry collections published in [[Sindhi language]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::..|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#SINDHI|access-date=2021-11-24|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref>

=== Marriage ===
He married from the Raisinghanis, a famous [[Sahiti (Lohana)|Sahiti]] family in the year 1940.<ref name=":0" /> He had four sons and four daughters.<ref name=":0" />

==Literary work==
He created free verses, blank verses and sonnet.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hans|first=Holaram Hasija|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_t1jAAAAMAAJ|title=Narayan Shyam: Master Sindhi Poet|date=1994|publisher=Best Sindhi Sabha|language=en}}</ref>

He had number of literary work publication to his credit, following are some of the most significant literary work:<ref>{{Cite web|title=(Late) Narayan Gokaldas Nagwani {{!}} Sindhi Sangat|url=https://www.sindhisangat.com/(late)narayan_nagwani.php|access-date=2021-11-24|website=www.sindhisangat.com}}</ref>
# Maak Bhina Rabel ({{langx|sd|ماڪَ ڀِنا رابيل}}) (Rabel (flower) wet with dew), Poetry, 1964.
# Wari-a-Bhariyo Paland ({{langx|sd|واريءَ ڀريو پَلاندُ}}) (Sand in lap), Poetry, 1968.
# Aachhinde Laj Maran ({{langx|sd|آڇيندي لَڄَ مَران}}) (Feel embarrassed whilst offering), Poetry, 1972.
# Mahiki Vel Subah ji ({{langx|sd|مَهڪي ويلَ صُبح جي}}) (Lovely morning), Poetry, 1983.
# Dat Ain Hayat ({{langx|sd|ڏات ۽ حيات}}) (Divine gift & life), Poetry, 1988.

== Death ==
Narayan Shyam died on 10 January 1989 in Bombay, India.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Sindhi-language poets]]
[[Category:Writers from Mumbai]]
[[Category:People from Shaheed Benazirabad District]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Poets from Maharashtra]]

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