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'''Neelabh Ashk''' (16 August 1945 – 23 July 2016) was an Indian [[Hindi language]] poet, journalist, and translator.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tongue-twisters/490828/0|title=Tongue Twisters – Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/found-in-translation/article4784678.ece|title=Found in translation|date=2013-06-05|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> He published various poetry collections. He is best known for translating the works of notable authors like [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], and [[Mikhail Lermontov]].<ref name="NDTV23Jul16"/>

==Personal life==
Neelabh was born in [[Mumbai]] on 16 August 1945.<ref name="Bhaskar23Jul16">{{cite web | url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/c-271-197154-re0072-NOR.html | title=मशहूर कवि और पत्रकार नीलाभ अश्क का निधन | work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |language=Hindi |place=New Delhi | date=23 July 2016 | accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> His father was Hindi writer [[Upendranath Ashk]]. He graduated in Commerce and completed his master's degree from Department of Hindi, [[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]]. Both the times he scored first positions in his batch of 60s. In 1980, he started working with [[BBC London]]'s foreign broadcasting department of Hindi as a producer for four years.<ref name="Bhaskar23Jul16"/><ref name="LH1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.livehindustan.com/news/national/article1-prominent-poet-of-hindi-neelabh-ashk-is-no-more--546503.html|title=नहीं रहे हिंदी के मशहूर कवि, पत्रकार और अनुवादक नीलाभ अश्क |language=Hindi |place=New Delhi|date=23 July 2016|website=Live Hindustan |access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> His published 24 poems on his experiences in London in the ''London Diary Series''.<ref name="LH1"/> He returned to India in 1984 and continued working as a poet and writer, translator.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.catchnews.com/india/veteran-journalist-and-poet-neelabh-ashk-pass-away-1469254009.html|title=कवि और पत्रकार नीलाभ अश्क नहीं रहे|last=|first=|date=|website=Catch News|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> He also handled work of their publishing house which was named after him as "Neelabh Prakashan".<ref name="LH2">{{cite web | url=http://www.livehindustan.com/news/Allahabad/article1-glaucous-poet-neelabh-ashk-died-546581.html | title=अलविदा नीलाभ अश्क! मशहूर कवि व अनुवादक नहीं रहे | publisher=Live Hindustan |language =Hindi |place=Allahabad | date=23 July 2016 | accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref>

Ashk married two times. He separated from his first wife, after she died, he married second time girl named Bhumika Dwivedi Ashk, another writer, artist and social worker . He left his parental home of Allahabad and moved to Delhi.<ref name="BBC"/> Ashk died at his Delhi residence on the morning of 23 July 2016 after a long illness at the age of 70.<ref name="NDTV23Jul16"/> His funeral took place the same afternoon at Nigam Bodh Ghat. Various authors and writer's associations expressed grief on his death.<ref name="LH2"/> On his death, contemporary Hindi poet [[Manglesh Dabral]] said that he lived an "unfulfilled life" and praised his "deep knowledge" of the English, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi languages.<ref name="BBC"/> Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, chairperson of [[Sahitya Akademi]] called him "a revolutionary poet".<ref name="NDTV23Jul16"/>

==Works==
Ashk translated [[Arundhati Roy]]'s [[Man Booker Prize|Booker Prize]] winning novel ''[[The God of Small Things|The God Of Small Things]]'' to Hindi as ''Mamuli Cheezon Ka Devta''.<ref name="NDTV23Jul16">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/popular-hindi-poet-neelabh-ashk-dead-at-70-1435220 |title=Popular Hindi Poet Neelabh Ashk Dead At 70|date=23 July 2016 |place=New Delhi|website=NDTV |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> He also translated [[Salman Rushdie]]'s ''[[The Enchantress of Florence]]'', as well as various works of [[William Shakespeare]] and German playwright [[Bertolt Brecht]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="NDTV23Jul16"/><ref name="LH1" /> His translation of ''[[A Hero of Our Time]]'', originally written by Russian author [[Mikhail Lermontov]], was published as ''Hamare Yog Ka Ek Nayak'', and Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'' was published as ''Pagla Raja''.<ref name="Bhaskar23Jul16"/> Brecht's popular play ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]'' was rendered into Hindi as ''Himmat Mai''. Ashk also translated poems of Indian poets Jeevanand Das and [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]] and foreign poets [[Nâzım Hikmet]], [[Ernesto Cardenal]], [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Nicanor Parra]], and [[Ezra Pound]].<ref name="LH1" />

Ashk authored a popular book called ''Hindi Sahitya Ka Maukhik Itihaas'' published by [[Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya]].<ref name="NDTV23Jul16"/><ref name="BBC"/> He also maintained a blog "Neelabh ka Morcha".<ref name="Bhaskar23Jul16"/> He edited the periodicals ''Natrang''<ref name="Outlook23Jul16">{{Cite web|url=http://www.outlookhindi.com/country/india/journalist-and-poet-neelabh-ashk-pass-away-9997|title=वरिष्ठ पत्रकार और कवि नीलाभ अश्क का निधन|website=Outlook Hindi| language=Hindi |date=23 July 2016 |accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> and ''Rang-Prasang'', the later being published by the [[National School of Drama]].<ref name="Bhaskar23Jul16"/> He also wrote scripts for television, radios, and plays.<ref name="LH1"/>

His first poetry collection, ''Sansmarnarambha'', was published in the 1970s and was well received.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india/2016/07/160725_neelabh_ashk_pu | title=अधूरी ज़िंदगी ही जी पाए नीलाभ.. |language=Hindi | work=[[BBC]] | date=25 July 2016 | accessdate=29 July 2016 | author=Dabral, Manglesh |authorlink=Manglesh Dabral}}</ref> His Hindi poetry collections are:<ref name="Bhaskar23Jul16"/><ref name="LH1" />
* ''Jungle Khamosh Hai''
* ''Uttaradhikaar''
* ''Shok Ka Sukh''
* ''Shabdo Se Naata Atoot Hai''
* ''Ishvar Ka Moksh''
* ''Apne Aap Se Lambi Baatcheet''
* ''Cheezein Upasthit Hain''
* ''Khatra Agle Mod Ke Uss Taraf Hain''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://neelabhkamorcha.blogspot.in Neelabh Ka Morcha] on [[BlogSpot]]

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