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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Rajkumar Madhubir<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| native_name = ꯔꯥꯖꯀꯨꯔ ꯃꯙꯨꯕꯤꯔ / ꯃꯙꯨꯕꯤꯔ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯦꯝꯆꯥ<br />
| native_name_lang = mni<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|09|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nambol Kabowakching]], [[Manipur]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|09|05|1942|09|10|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Writer, poet, editor<br />
| language = [[Meitei language|Meitei (Manipuri)]], English<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| notable_works = ''Praloigi Meiriraktagi'', ''Leigee Khudol Amattang'', ''Lambel'', ''The Shadow of Darkness''<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1996)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rajkumar Madhubir''' (10 September 1942 – 5 September 2004), also known as '''R.K. Madhubir''' ([[Meitei language|Meitei]]: ''Madhubir Ningthemchamayum''), was an Indian author and poet from of the modern-day [[Manipuri literature]] from [[Manipur]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=11 September 2013 |title=RK Madhubir remembered |url=https://e-pao.net/ge.asp?heading=6&src=110913 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=E-Pao!}}</ref> He is well-known for his emotionally charged short stories and English-language poetry.<ref name=":A History of Manipuri Literature. India: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 219–229, 255–265.">Singh, Ch Manihar (1996). "The Modern Period | Pre-World War II Literature | Poetry ; | Post-World War II Literature | Poetry". A History of Manipuri Literature. India: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 219–229, 255–265. ISBN 978-81-260-1586-3.</ref> He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Manipuri literature and is regarded as one of the leading voices in Northeast Indian postcolonial literary expressions.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
On September 10, 1942, Rajkumar Madhubir was born in [[Nambol Kabowakching]], a community in the present-day [[Bishnupur district]], [[Manipur]]. Later, he made his home in the city of [[Imphal]] in [[Sagolband Thangjam Leikai]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Literary career ==<br />
In Manipuri, Madhubir started writing essays, prose, and short stories. Later on, he contributed to the growth of Northeast Indian Literature in English by publishing a number of collections of English poetry.<br />
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He published three major poetry collections in English:<br />
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* ''The Shadow of Darkness'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=reviews channel >>books ~ E-Pao! News About Manipur |url=https://www.e-pao.net/epPrinter.asp?src=reviews.books.A_glimpse_of_Manipuri_Poetry_in_English |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=www.e-pao.net}}</ref><br />
* ''The H-Hour Patient''<br />
* ''The Time Bomb and Other Poems''<br />
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In the Manipuri language, his short story collections include:<br />
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* ''Praloigi Meiriraktagi'' (Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, 1996)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Awardees |url=https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Award_Winners.Sahitya_Akademi_Awardees |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><br />
* ''Leigee Khudol Amattang'' (2003)<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Madhubie |first=Rajkumar |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466170 |title=Leigee Khudol Amattang |date=2003}}</ref><br />
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== Themes and style ==<br />
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=== Apocalyptic Vision ===<br />
''Madhubir'' frequently uses both Christian and Indic eschatological concepts in his poetry to examine [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|apocalyptic]] and [[dystopian]] themes. Concerns about social instability, moral crisis, and environmental degradation are all seen in his work.{{Cn|date=August 2025}}<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
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* ''Sahitya Akademi Award'' (1996) for ''Praloigi Meiriraktagi<ref name=":3" />''<br />
* Honoured posthumously as a literary legend by ''Sahitya Akademi'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=The Legends of Manipuri Literature |url=https://manipurtimes.com/the-legends-of-manipuri-literature/ |access-date=17 July 2025 |website=Manipur Times}}</ref><br />
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== Selected works ==<br />
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=== Poetry Collections ===<br />
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=A glimpse of Manipuri Poetry in English |url=https://e-pao.net/epSubPageSelector.asp?ch=reviews&src=A_glimpse_of_Manipuri_Poetry_in_English&sub1=books |access-date=17 July 2025 |website=E‑Pao!}}</ref><br />
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* ''Lambel''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Curriculum19/Language-Secondary/16_Manipuri.pdf |title=Manipuri Class IX (2018-2019) |publisher=cbseacademic.nic.in}}</ref><br />
* ''The Shadow of Darkness'' (1998)<br />
* ''The H-Hour Patient''<br />
* ''The Time Bomb and Other Poems''<br />
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=== Short Story Collections ===<br />
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* ''Praloigi Meiriraktagi<ref name=":3" />''<br />
* ''Leigee Khudol Amattang'' (2003)<ref name=":4" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
R.K. Madhubir died on 5 September 2004 in Imphal, Manipur.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Meitei]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian writers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bishnupur, Manipur]]<br />
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