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| name = Devendra Satyarthi | | name = Devendra Satyarthi | ||
| image = | | image = Devendra_Satyarthi.jpg | ||
| caption = Satyarthi c. 1935 noting a Pathan folksong | |||
| caption = | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|05|28 | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|05| | |||
}} | }} | ||
| birth_place = [[Bhadaur]], [[Barnala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India | | birth_place = [[Bhadaur]], [[Barnala district|Barnala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2003|02|12|1908|05| | | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2003|02|12|1908|05|28 | ||
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| othername = | | othername = | ||
| occupation = Writer | | occupation = Writer | ||
| yearsactive = | | yearsactive = 1927–2003 | ||
| known for = Punjabi | | known for = Punjabi folklore | ||
| spouse = | | spouse = | ||
| domesticpartner = | | domesticpartner = | ||
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman | | awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Devendra Satyarthi''' (1908 | '''Devendra Satyarthi''' (28 May 1908 – 2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of [[Hindi literature|Hindi]], [[Urdu literature|Urdu]], [[Punjabi literature|Punjabi]] literature.<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001ICKXMO | title=Amazon profile | publisher=Amazon | authorlink=2015}}</ref><ref name="Satyarthi, Devendra">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82043495/ | title=Satyarthi, Devendra | publisher=Worldcat | date=2015 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Open Library profile">{{cite web | url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2842A/Devendra_Satyarthi | title=Open Library profile | publisher=Open Library | date=2015 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> | ||
Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=ObFCT5_taSgC | == Early life == | ||
Born at [[Bhadaur]] ([[Barnala]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 |title=ਰਾਮਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਤਿਆਰਥੀ |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213654/http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 |archive-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> he did not complete his education and started travelling from 1927<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/sathyarthi/ | title=Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead | publisher=Apna | date=2015 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> collecting folk songs which he published in his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name ''Giddha'',<ref name="Giddha">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQnYGwAACAAJ | title=Giddha | publisher=Navyug | author=Devedra Satyarthi | year=1970 | pages=223}}</ref> which is considered by many as a seminal work.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> | |||
[[File:Devendra Satyarthi 1942.jpg|thumb|Image of Devendra Satyarthi, his wife and daughter published in ''Modern Review'' (1942)]] | |||
Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi+biography&pg=PA167 | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | date=1987 | accessdate=27 June 2015 | author=Amaresh Datta | pages=987 | isbn=9788126018031}}</ref> short stories,<ref name="Selected Punjabi Short Stories">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBiiMdQu3j0C&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi&pg=PA8 | title=Selected Punjabi Short Stories | publisher=Diamond Pocket Books | date=2004 | accessdate=27 June 2015| isbn=9788128804786 }}</ref> poems, essays and folksong anthologies in [[Urdu]], [[Hindi languages|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] languages, but reportedly on advice from [[Rabindranath Tagore]], he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Mere Saakshatkaar'',<ref name="Mere Saakshatkaar">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pio-BZrtK7EC&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi&pg=PA90 | title=Mere Saakshatkaar | publisher=Kitabghar Prakashan | author=Devendra Satyarthi | pages=192 | isbn=9788170166702}}</ref> ''Miss Folklore'',<ref name="Miss Folklore">{{cite book | url=http://www.bookdepository.com/Miss-Folklore-Devendra-Satyarthi/9788185134703 | title=Miss Folklore | publisher=Pustakayan | author=Devendra Satyarthi | isbn=9788185134703}}</ref> ''Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry'',<ref name="Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry">{{cite book | url=https://jsks.biz/meet-my-people-devendra-satyarthi | title=Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry | publisher=Navyug Publishers | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1987}}</ref> ''Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika'',<ref name="Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RveBAAAAMAAJ | title=Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika | publisher=Punjab University Publication Bureau | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1989}}</ref> ''Lanka Desa hai Kolambu'',<ref name="Lanka Desa hai Kolambu">{{cite book | title=Lanka Desa hai Kolambu | publisher=Navyug Publishers | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1991 | pages=235 | isbn=978-8185267548}}</ref> ''Brahmaputra'',<ref name="Brahmaputra">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgRAAAAAIAAJ | title=Brahmaputra | publisher=Asia Publications | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1956 | pages=466}}</ref> and ''Rath ke Pahiye''<ref name="Rath ke Pahiye">{{cite book | title=Rath ke Pahiye | publisher=Praveena Publications | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1993 | pages=276 | oclc=36640372}}</ref> are some of his notable works. | |||
A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,<ref name="Signposts">{{cite web | url= | A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,<ref name="Signposts">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/20011001-devendra-satyarthi-awarded-hindi-sahitya-sadhna-samman-for-contribution-to-hindi-literature-774325-2001-09-30 | title=Signposts | publisher=India Today | date=1 October 2001 | access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Pancham'', a monthly magazine published from [[Lahore]], brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, ''Satyarthi – Ik [[Dant katha|Dant-katha]]'', written by [[Nirmal Arpan]].<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:23, 25 November 2025
Devendra Satyarthi | |
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![]() Satyarthi c. 1935 noting a Pathan folksong | |
| Born | 28 May 1908 |
| Died | 12 February 2003 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1927–2003 |
| Known for | Punjabi folklore |
| Awards | Padma Shri Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman |
Devendra Satyarthi (28 May 1908 – 2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature.[1][2][3]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Born at Bhadaur (Barnala)[4] he did not complete his education and started travelling from 1927[5] collecting folk songs which he published in his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name Giddha,[6] which is considered by many as a seminal work.[5]

Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,[7] short stories,[8] poems, essays and folksong anthologies in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi languages, but reportedly on advice from Rabindranath Tagore, he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end.[5] Mere Saakshatkaar,[9] Miss Folklore,[10] Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry,[11] Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika,[12] Lanka Desa hai Kolambu,[13] Brahmaputra,[14] and Rath ke Pahiye[15] are some of his notable works.
A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,[16] Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1977.[17] He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses.[5] Pancham, a monthly magazine published from Lahore, brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, Satyarthi – Ik Dant-katha, written by Nirmal Arpan.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Amazon profile. Amazon.
- ↑ "Satyarthi, Devendra". Worldcat. 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "Open Library profile". Open Library. 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "ਰਾਮਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਤਿਆਰਥੀ". Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead". Apna. 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ Devedra Satyarthi (1970). Giddha. Navyug. p. 223.
- ↑ Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. p. 987. ISBN 9788126018031. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ Selected Punjabi Short Stories. Diamond Pocket Books. 2004. ISBN 9788128804786. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi. Mere Saakshatkaar. Kitabghar Prakashan. p. 192. ISBN 9788170166702.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi. Miss Folklore. Pustakayan. ISBN 9788185134703.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi (1987). Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry. Navyug Publishers.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi (1989). Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika. Punjab University Publication Bureau.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi (1991). Lanka Desa hai Kolambu. Navyug Publishers. p. 235. ISBN 978-8185267548.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi (1956). Brahmaputra. Asia Publications. p. 466.
- ↑ Devendra Satyarthi (1993). Rath ke Pahiye. Praveena Publications. p. 276. OCLC 36640372.
- ↑ "Signposts". India Today. 1 October 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
