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{{Short description|Indian writer & theatre personality (born 1954)}}
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Dr. '''Arjun Deo Charan''' (born 1954) is a [[Rajasthani Language|Rajasthani]] poet, critic, playwright, theatre director and translator. A prominent figure in [[Theatre of India|Indian theatre]], he is among the country's top 10 theatre personalities.  
'''Arjun Deo Charan''' (born 1954) is a [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] poet, critic, playwright, theatre director and translator. A prominent figure in [[Theatre of India|Indian theatre]], he is among the country's top 10 theatre personalities.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Charan was born on 10 May 1954 in the village of [[Mathania, Jodhpur]]. His father Renvat dan Charan also was an eminent Rajasthani poet and socialist, who had won [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his notable work ''Uchhalo''. Charan has been the Head of Department of [[Rajasthani Language]] in the [[Jai Narain Vyas University]], [[Jodhpur]]. He has been selected as Chairman of Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, [[Jodhpur]] on 26 November 2011 for three years.
Charan was born on 10 May 1954 in the village of [[Mathania, Jodhpur]]. His father Renvat Dan Charan was a Rajasthani poet and socialist, who had won [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his work ''Uchhalo''. Charan was Head of Department of [[Rajasthani Language]] in the [[Jai Narain Vyas University]], [[Jodhpur]]. He was selected as Chairman of Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, [[Jodhpur]] on 26 November 2011 for three years.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}


The K. K. Birla Foundation has awarded the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to Arjun deo Charan for his Rajasthani poetry collection ''Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bihari-Puraskar-for-poet-Shesh/Article1-525628.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022221208/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bihari-Puraskar-for-poet-Shesh/Article1-525628.aspx |archivedate=22 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120709125506/http://iasyes.in/index.php/sports-a-miscellany/296-bihari-puraskar-goes-to-arjundeo-charan]</ref>
The K. K. Birla Foundation has awarded the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to Arjun Deo Charan for his Rajasthani poetry collection ''Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bihari-Puraskar-for-poet-Shesh/Article1-525628.aspx |title=Bihari Puraskar for poet Shesh - Hindustan Times |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022221208/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bihari-Puraskar-for-poet-Shesh/Article1-525628.aspx |archivedate=22 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iasyes.in/index.php/sports-a-miscellany/296-bihari-puraskar-goes-to-arjundeo-charan |title=The Calibre – Bihari Puraskar goes to Arjundeo Charan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709125506/http://iasyes.in/index.php/sports-a-miscellany/296-bihari-puraskar-goes-to-arjundeo-charan |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


He has been awarded by [[Sahitya Akademi]], Delhi for his book ''Dharam Judh'' in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani |title=Rajasthani (Since 1974) |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828042905/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani |archive-date=28 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also has been awarded by Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for his contribution to the [[Rajasthani language]] theatre in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees_1.html |title=Awardees |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135635/http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees_1.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He has been awarded by [[Sahitya Akademi]], Delhi for his book ''Dharam Judh'' in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani |title=Rajasthani (Since 1974) |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828042905/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani |archive-date=28 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also has been awarded by Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for his contribution to the [[Rajasthani language]] theatre in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees_1.html |title=Awardees |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135635/http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees_1.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Arjun Deo Charan is the founder of Rammat Theatre Group, [[Jodhpur]], which is one of the prestigious theatre group of country. Charan's plays have been performed on several National and International theatre festivals including [[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]].
Arjun Deo Charan is the founder of Rammat Theatre Group, [[Jodhpur]], which is one of the prestigious theatre group of country. Charan's plays have been performed on several National and International theatre festivals including [[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]].


Charan has performed his play in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].
Charan has performed his play in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}


Charan's play ''Meh Raja The Parja'' was performed in 3rd Rajasthani Annual International Art Festival in [[Jaipur]].
Charan's play ''Meh Raja The Parja'' was performed in 3rd Rajasthani Annual International Art Festival in [[Jaipur]].
== Published works ==
* Charan, Arjun Dev. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=sI5kNnWgNIgC Virasat]'' (in Hindi). Vani Prakashan.
* Charan, Arjun Deo. (2021). ''[http://gayatriprakashan.com/product/pancham-ved/ Pancham Veda]'' (in Hindi). Gayatri Parakashan.
* Charan, Arjun Deo. (2022). ''[http://gayatriprakashan.com/product/jagdamba/ Jagadamba]'' (in Hindi). Gayatri Parakashan. {{ISBN|978-93-90721-54-2}}
* Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=u48uzAB3kQAC Adhunik Punjabi Kavita]'' (in Hindi). Sahitya Akademi Publications. {{ISBN|978-81-260-1404-0}}.
* Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2006). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=DqYv_nHbD28C Dharmyuddh]'' (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. {{ISBN|978-81-260-2255-7}}.
* Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=U0qC-jjbJSgC Satyaprakāśa Jośī]'' (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. {{ISBN|978-81-260-1597-9}}.
* Cāraṇa, Arjunadeva (2002). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wa9jAAAAMAAJ Bagata rī bārakhaṛī]'' (in Hindi). Kavi Prakāśana. {{ISBN|978-81-86436-33-2}}.
* Cāraṇa, Arjunadeva (1998). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UM8MAAAAIAAJ Rājasthānī kahāṇī, paramparā-vikāsa]'' (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Sāhitya Saṃsthāna.


==Awards==
==Awards==


* Rajasthani Sahitya Akademi - Award, 1980
* Rajasthani Sahitya Akademi – Award, 1980
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi Award, 1992. Award of Rajasthani Bhasa Sahitya Evam Sanskriti Akademi, 1997
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi Award, 1992. {{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], 1999<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1041&at=2|title=CUR_TITLE|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
* [[Suryamal Mishran Shikhar Award]] of Rajasthani Bhasa Sahitya Evam Sanskriti Akademi, 1997<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arjun Dev Charan Archives · Bhartiya Sahityas|url=https://www.bhartiyasahityas.com/authors/arjun-dev-charan/|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Bhartiya Sahityas|language=en-US|quote=साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कार के अलावा आपको सूर्यमल्‍ल मीसण-शिखर सम्मान तथा राजस्थान संगीत नाटक अकादमी पुरस्कार भी प्राप्त हो चुके हैं}}</ref>
* Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1999<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1041&at=2|title=CUR_TITLE|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
* Maru-Parampara Samman, 2004.
* Maru-Parampara Samman, 2004.
* Bihari Puraskar, K.K Birla Foundation, 2011
* Bihari Puraskar, K.K Birla Foundation, 2011
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, New Delhi, 2012
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], New Delhi, 2012 {{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
* [[Kavi Kag Award]], 2016<ref name="DB_14032016">{{cite news |date=14 March 2016 |title=કાગ એવોર્ડની અર્પણ વિધિ યોજાઇ |publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-BVN-OMC-MAT-latest-bhavnagar-news-034646-3804259-NOR.html?sld_seq=1}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]

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Arjun Deo Charan
Born (1954-05-10) 10 May 1954 (age 72)
Mathania, India
OccupationPlaywright, theatre director
Founder, Rammat Theatre Group
Years active1974–present
ChildrenAashish Deo Charan
AwardsSangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwright, 1992

Arjun Deo Charan (born 1954) is a Rajasthani poet, critic, playwright, theatre director and translator. A prominent figure in Indian theatre, he is among the country's top 10 theatre personalities.[citation needed]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Charan was born on 10 May 1954 in the village of Mathania, Jodhpur. His father Renvat Dan Charan was a Rajasthani poet and socialist, who had won Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Uchhalo. Charan was Head of Department of Rajasthani Language in the Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. He was selected as Chairman of Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, Jodhpur on 26 November 2011 for three years.[citation needed]

The K. K. Birla Foundation has awarded the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to Arjun Deo Charan for his Rajasthani poetry collection Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau.[1][2]

He has been awarded by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi for his book Dharam Judh in 1992.[3] He also has been awarded by Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for his contribution to the Rajasthani language theatre in 1999.[4]

Arjun Deo Charan is the founder of Rammat Theatre Group, Jodhpur, which is one of the prestigious theatre group of country. Charan's plays have been performed on several National and International theatre festivals including Bharat Rang Mahotsav.

Charan has performed his play in Karachi, Pakistan.[citation needed]

Charan's play Meh Raja The Parja was performed in 3rd Rajasthani Annual International Art Festival in Jaipur.

Published works[edit | edit source]

  • Charan, Arjun Dev. Virasat (in Hindi). Vani Prakashan.
  • Charan, Arjun Deo. (2021). Pancham Veda (in Hindi). Gayatri Parakashan.
  • Charan, Arjun Deo. (2022). Jagadamba (in Hindi). Gayatri Parakashan. ISBN 978-93-90721-54-2
  • Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2003). Adhunik Punjabi Kavita (in Hindi). Sahitya Akademi Publications. ISBN 978-81-260-1404-0.
  • Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2006). Dharmyuddh (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. ISBN 978-81-260-2255-7.
  • Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2003). Satyaprakāśa Jośī (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. ISBN 978-81-260-1597-9.
  • Cāraṇa, Arjunadeva (2002). Bagata rī bārakhaṛī (in Hindi). Kavi Prakāśana. ISBN 978-81-86436-33-2.
  • Cāraṇa, Arjunadeva (1998). Rājasthānī kahāṇī, paramparā-vikāsa (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Sāhitya Saṃsthāna.

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Bihari Puraskar for poet Shesh - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Calibre – Bihari Puraskar goes to Arjundeo Charan".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Rajasthani (Since 1974)". Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Awardees". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Arjun Dev Charan Archives · Bhartiya Sahityas". Bhartiya Sahityas. Retrieved 25 February 2022. साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कार के अलावा आपको सूर्यमल्‍ल मीसण-शिखर सम्मान तथा राजस्थान संगीत नाटक अकादमी पुरस्कार भी प्राप्त हो चुके हैं
  6. ↑ "CUR_TITLE". sangeetnatak.gov.in. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "કાગ એવોર્ડની અર્પણ વિધિ યોજાઇ". Divya Bhaskar. 14 March 2016.

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