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{{Short description|Indian writer (1945–2024)}}
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'''Usha Kiran Khan''' (also known as '''Ushākiraṇa Khāna''' and other variants,<ref>[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89263212.html Library of Congress Name Authority File]</ref> 24 October 1945 – 11 February 2024) was an Indian writer who worked in the [[Hindi]] and [[Maithili language]]s. She was also an academic historian.<ref name="kss">{{cite web |title=Winners of First Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman 2012 |url=http://kusumanjali.org/winner.htm |year=2012 |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129092000/http://kusumanjali.org/winner.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
Of her writing influences, Usha said: "My great idol and role model for my inclination towards Maithli language is the noted writer and novelist [[Nagarjun]]. He has penned many novels, stories and poems and Maithli language and also he has been my guru from whom I have learned the beauty of this language" and "Nagarjun is like father like figure to me and his style of writing has always influenced me a lot."<ref name=pioneer/>

==Personal life and death==
Usha Kiran Khan was married to Ram Chandra Khan, who served the Indian Police Service from 1968 to 2003, and had four children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ushakirankhan.com/family.html|title=UshaKiranKhan|website=ushakirankhan.com|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802025712/http://www.ushakirankhan.com/family.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Khan died at a private hospital in [[Patna]], Bihar, on 11 February 2024, at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Renowned litterateur and Padma Shri awardee Usha Kiran Khan passes away in Patna|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/usha-kiran-khan-passes-away-nitish-kumar-condolence-bihar-cm-condolence-message-9156359/|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/usha-kiran-passes-away-padma-shri-awardee-hindi-maithili-writer-2500456-2024-02-11 Padma Shri awardee Hindi, Maithili writer Usha Kiran Khan passes away in Patna]</ref><ref>[https://www.jaanojunction.com/news/bihar-literature-laureate-padma-shri-dr-usha-kiran-khan-passes-away-in-patna Bihar's immortal litterateur Padma Shri Dr. Usha Kiran Khan passed away in Patna]</ref>

==Awards and honours==
In 2011, Usha won a [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for the Maithili novel ''Bhamati: Ek Avismaraniya Premkatha''.<ref name=pioneer>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/story-recital-programme-organised-at-bharat-bhavan.html |title=Story recital programme organised at Bharat Bhavan |work=Daily Pioneer |date=30 July 2013 |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225132/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/story-recital-programme-organised-at-bharat-bhavan.html |url-status=dead }} Quote: "A renowned Hindi-Maithil writer, Usha Kiran Khan"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=21 |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 2011 |work=india.gov.in |access-date=26 October 2013}}</ref> The award is presented by [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters.

In 2012, she was awarded a [[Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman]] by the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] for her novel ''Sirjanhaar''.<ref name=thehindu>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/litterateurs-honoured/article3720492.ece |title=Litterateurs honoured |work=The Hindu |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=3 August 2012 |access-date=26 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thebihartimes.com/usha-kiran-khan-gets-sahitya-academy-award-for-maithili-1414.html |title=Usha Kiran Khan Gets Sahitya Academy Award For Maithili |work=The Bihar Times |author=Sanjay |date=12 January 2011 |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185244/http://thebihartimes.com/usha-kiran-khan-gets-sahitya-academy-award-for-maithili-1414.html |url-status=dead }}. Quote: "Usha Kiran Khan .. well known name in Hindi and Maithili literature"</ref> This was the first year that the awards had been given<ref name="kss" /> and they included a purse of Rs. 2,50,000{{clarify|how much?|date=February 2024}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/07/11/436--Kusum-Ansal-foundation-awards-new-Hindi-Tamil-authors-.html |title=Kusum Ansal foundation awards new Hindi, Tamil authors |work=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=11 July 2012 |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184726/http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/07/11/436--Kusum-Ansal-foundation-awards-new-Hindi-Tamil-authors-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Khan was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2015 for her service in the field of literature and education.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/2-from-Bihar-get-Padma-Shri/articleshow/46015221.cms |work=The Times of India |title=2 from Bihar get Padma Shri |first=Pranav |last=Chaudhary |date=26 January 2015 |access-date=2015-04-08}}</ref>

She was awarded Bharat Bharti Puraskar by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow in 2018.
She has also been awarded Vanmali Kathashirsh Puraskar posthumously in February 2024.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Devakānta Jhā (2004). [https://books.google.com/books?id=hdRjAAAAMAAJ&q=Usha+Kiran+Khan ''A History of Modern Maithili Literature: Post-independence Period''], Sahitya Akademi Publications, ppg. 199, 241–242, 251, etc.

==External links==
*[http://kusumanjali.org/winner.htm Dr. Usha Kiran Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129092000/http://kusumanjali.org/winner.htm |date=29 November 2021 }}, Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman 2012

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