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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Prabhat Ranjan<br />
| image = PrabhatRanjan.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|11|03}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sitamarhi district]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| citizenship = [[India]]n<br />
| education = [[Ph.D]]<br />
| genre = [[Novels]], [[Short story|Short Stories]], [[Translation]], Critic, [[Blogger]]<br />
| website = {{URL|jankipul.com}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[Hindu College, Delhi|Hindu College]], University of Delhi<br />
}}<br />
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'''Prabhat Ranjan''' (born 3 November 1970) is a [[Hindi]] [[novelist]], [[fiction writer]], and [[translator]]. He is currently professor of Hindi at [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening)]] in the University of Delhi, Delhi. He runs an online literary website ''Jankipul.com'' since 10 years.<br />
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He has worked as [[editor]] of Bahuvachan and Hindi Magazine and Assistant Editor of reputed Hindi daily [[Jansatta]]. He has also received several awards. He has translated almost 20 reputed literary books of world literature.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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=== Background ===<br />
Ranjan was born on 11 November 1970 in the small village of Sitamari District of [[Bihar]]. He has done his B.A. M.A. & Ph.D. in the subject of Hindi from Hindu College, University of Delhi. His interest in Hindi language and literature forced him to continue education in the field of Hindi literature and he completed his Ph.D. from University of Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prabhat Ranjan CV |url=https://zhdce.ac.in/facultydtl/lgeywt45cec3umvcgwbmhb55CV_Prabhat_Ranjan1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921090454/https://zhdce.ac.in/facultydtl/lgeywt45cec3umvcgwbmhb55CV_Prabhat_Ranjan1.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-21 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening)}}</ref><br />
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He is married to Dr. Rohini Kumari, who is a noted translator and Korean Language Expert. She did her PhD in Korean Language and Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Prabhat Ranjan started his career as the Editor of Bahuvachan and Hindi in Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi University, Wardha. He later joined as Assistant Editor of [[Jansatta]], a Hindi daily. Currently he is professor of Hindi language and literature in [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<br />
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== Academic contribution ==<br />
'''Short Stories collections'''<br />
* Jankipul (2009), Bolero Class (2011)<br />
'''Novel'''<br />
* ''Kothagoi'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Koṭhāgoī : (chaturbhuja sthāna ke kisse)|last=Prabhāta|first=Rañjana|last2=प्रभात|first2=रंजन|isbn=978-9350729946|edition=Prathama saṃskaraṇa|location=Nayī Dillī|oclc=932066704|year = 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-peep-into-the-world-of-light-and-shadows/article8423451.ece|title=A peep into the world of light and shadows}}</ref><br />
'''Non Fiction'''<br />
* ''Paltoo Bohemian'' <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hindi.webdunia.com/hindi-literature-articles/top-10-books-in-india-119121600031_1.html|title= Top 10 books of India 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/manohar-shyam-joshi-obituary-book-excerpts-paalatu-bohemian-manohar-shyam-joshi-ki-smriti-katha-1-1176181.html|title= Paltu bohemian Manohar shyam joshi ek yaad book excerpt}}</ref><br />
'''Translation'''<br />
* Anne Frank's Diary<br />
* Mohsin Hamd's novel Moth Smoke<br />
* Khushwant Singh's book ‘Khushwantnama<br />
* I do What I do by Raghuram Rajan (Former Reserve Bank Governor, Economist)<br />
* Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella (First Indian Head of Microsoft)<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* Sahara Samay Katha Samman<br />
* ABP news best blogger award (2014)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abpnews.abplive.in/india-news/award-to-blogger-115421|title=हिन्दी दिवस पर ABP NEWS के खास कार्यक्रम में सम्मानित हुए देश के 10 ब्लॉगर|date=2014-09-15|work=ABP News|access-date=2017-08-28|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shabdankan.com/2014/07/krishna-baldev-vaid-fellowship-Pratyaksha-Prabhat-Ranjan.html|title=Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship}}</ref><br />
* Dwarika Prasad Agrawal Bhaskar Yuva Puraskar (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/oldArchive/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Shri-Dwarka-Prasad-Agarwal-Award-for-Upcoming-Hindi-Writer.pdf|title=Dwarka Prasad Agarwal Award}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Delhi University alumni]]<br />
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