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{{infobox writer
|name = Shrilal Shukla
|image = Shrilal Shukla 2017 stamp of India.jpg
|caption=Shrilal Shukla on a 2017 stamp of India
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|12|31}}
|notableworks =''[[Raag Darbari (novel)|Raag Darbari]]'', ''Makaan'', ''Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj'', ''Pehla Padaav''
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|10|28|1925|12|31}}
|death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
|occupation = Writer
|signature = Signature of srilal shukla.jpg
}}
'''Shrilal Shukla''' (31 December 1925 – 28 October 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/Noted-Hindi-Novelist-and-Satirist-Shrilal-Shukla-Passed-Away-1319886840-1 |title=Noted Hindi Novelist and Satirist Shrilal Shukla Passed Away |publisher=Jagranjosh.com |access-date=28 November 2011}}</ref>) was a [[Hindi]] writer, notable for his satire. He worked as a [[Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)|PCS]] officer for the state government of Uttar Pradesh, later inducted into the IAS. He has written over 25 books,<ref name=ICS/> including [[Raag Darbari (novel)|Raag Darbari]], ''Makaan'', ''Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj'', ''Pehla Padaav'' and ''Bisrampur Ka Sant''.

Shukla has highlighted the falling moral values in the Indian society in the post [[Indian Independence Movement|independence]] era through his novels. His writings expose the negative aspects of life in rural and urban India in a satirical manner. His best known work ''[[Raag Darbari (novel)|Raag Darbari]]'' has been translated into English and 15 Indian languages. A television serial based on this continued for several months on the national network in the 1980s. It is a little-known fact that he also wrote a detective novel entitled ''Aadmi Ka Zahar'' which was serialised in the weekly magazine 'Hindustan'.

==Awards==

Shukla received the [[Jnanpith Award]], the highest Indian literary award, in 2011. His first major award was the [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his novel [[Raag Darbari (novel)|Raag Darbari]] in 1969. He received the [[Vyas Samman]] award in 1999 for the novel ''Bisrampur ka Sant''.<ref name=ICS>[http://www.icscareersonline.com/current_affairs.htm Vyas Samman 1999] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310161040/http://www.icscareersonline.com/current_affairs.htm |date=10 March 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99dec15/nation.htm#brief | title=Vyas Samman for Shreelal Shukla | newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | location=India | date=15 December 1999 | access-date=19 October 2018 }}</ref> In 2008, he was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php Padma Bhushan Official listings] [[Govt. of India]] website.</ref> by the [[President of India]] for his contribution to Indian literature and culture. On his 80th birthday in December 2005, his friends, peers, family and fans organised a literary and cultural event in New Delhi. To mark the occasion, a volume titled ''Shrilal Shukla – Jeevan Hi Jeevan'' was issued about him which contains the writings of eminent literary personalities such as Dr. Naamvar Singh, [[Rajendra Yadav]], [[Ashok Bajpai]], Doodhnath Singh, Nirmala Jain, [[Leeladhar Jagudi]], Gillian Wright, Kunwar Narayan and Raghuvir Sahay among others. His friends, family and fans also contributed to the book.

==Personal account==

*1925 – Born in village [[Atrauli]] in Mohanlalganj , Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh
*1947 – Graduated from [[Allahabad University]]
*1949 – Entry into the Civil Service
*1957 – First novel ''Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj'' published
*1958 – First collection of satire ''Angad Ka Paanv'' published
*1970 – Awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Raag Darbari'' (for 1969)
*1978 – Awarded the Madhya Pradesh Hindi Sahitya Parishad Award for ''Makaan''
*1979–80 – Served as Director of the Bhartendu Natya Academy, Uttar Pradesh
*1981 – Represented India at the International Writers' Meet in Belgrade
*1982–86 – Member of the Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi
*1983 – Retirement from the Indian Administrative Service
*1987–90 – Awarded the Emeritus Fellowship by the [[ICCR]], Government of India
*1988 – Given the Sahitya Bhushan Award by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan
*1991 – Awarded the Goyal Sahitya Puraskaar by [[Kurukshetra University]]
*1994 – Awarded the Lohia Sammaan by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan
*1996 – Awarded the Sharad Joshi Sammaan by the Madhya Pradesh Government
*1997 – Awarded the Maithili Sharan Gupta Sammaan by the Madhya Pradesh Government
*1999 – Awarded the Vyas Sammaan by the Birla Foundation
*2005 – Awarded the [[Yash Bharati Samman]] by the Uttar Pradesh Government
*2008 – Awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the President of India
*2011 – Awarded the [[Jnanpith Award]] for year 2009.

==Literary works==

'''Novels'''

*''Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj'' – 1957
*''Agyaatvaas'' – 1962
* [[Raag Darbari (novel)]] – 1968 – original is in Hindi; an English translation was published under the same title in 1993 by [[Penguin Books]]; also translated and published by National Book Trust, India in 15 Indian languages.
*''Aadmi Ka Zahar'' – 1972
*''Seemayein Tootati Hain'' – 1973
*''Makaan'' – 1976 – original is in Hindi; a Bengali translation was published in the late 1970s.
*''Pehla Padaav'' – 1987 – original is in Hindi; an English translation was published as ''Opening Moves'' by Penguin International in 1993.
*''Bisrampur Ka Sant'' – 1998
*''Babbar Singh Aur Uske Saathi'' – 1999 – original is in Hindi; an English translation was published as ''Babbar Singh And his Friends'' in 2000 by Scholastic Inc. New York.
*''Raag Viraag'' – 2001

'''Satires'''

*''Angad Ka Paanv'' – 1958
*''Yahaan Se Vahaan'' – 1970
*''Meri Shreshtha Vyangya Rachnayein'' – 1979
*''Umraaonagar Mein Kuchh Din'' – 1986
*''Kuchh Zameen Mein Kuchh Hava Mein'' – 1990
*''Aao Baith Lein Kuchh Der'' – 1995
*''Agli Shataabdi Ka Sheher'' – 1996
*''Jahaalat Ke Pachaas Saal'' – 2003
*''Khabron Ki Jugaali'' – 2005

'''Short Story Collections'''

*''Yeh Ghar Mera Nahin'' – 1979
*''Suraksha Tatha Anya Kahaaniyan'' – 1991
*''Iss Umra Mein'' – 2003
*''Dus Pratinidhi Kahaaniyan'' – 2003

'''Memoirs'''

*''Mere Saakshaatkaar'' – 2002
*''Kuchh Saahitya Charcha Bhi'' – 2008

'''Literary Critique'''

*''Bhagwati Charan Varma'' – 1989
*''Amritlal Naagar'' – 1994
*''Agyeya: Kuchh Rang Kuchh Raag'' – 1999

'''Edited Works'''

*''Hindi Haasya Vyangya Sankalan'' – 2000

==Literary travels==

He has visited Yugoslavia, Germany, UK, Poland, Surinam for various literary seminars, conferences and to receive awards. He has also headed a delegation of writers sent by the Government of India to China.

==Family==
Shukla died in Lucknow on 28 October 2011 at around 11.45 am after a prolonged illness, fourteen years after the death of his wife Girija, who had been his true companion who passionately shared his love of classical music and literature. Shri Lal Shukla has four children – daughters Rekha Awasthi and Madhulika Mehta who are musically talented homemakers;son Ashutosh Shukla who works in a corporate cooperative concern and lastly youngest daughter Dr. Vinita Mathur who is a professor in Geography in the University of Delhi. He has eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Jnanpith Award}}
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Hindi}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}

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