Chandranath Mishra Amar (2 March 1925[1][2] – 1 April 2021)[3] was a Maithili writer and poet. He was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award for his 1982 work Maithili Patrakaritak Itahas.[4] He also won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for the year 2010.[5]
Honours and awards
- Founder Secretary, Navratna Gosthi, Darbhanga (1943)
- General Secretary, All India Maithili Sahitya Parishad (1957)
- Language Director and Actor in First Maithili film Kanyadan directed by Phani Majumdar (1964)
- Member, Senate, KSDS University, Darbhanga (1982)
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili Patrakaritak Itihas (1983)
- Member, Maithili Language Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (1983)
- Member, Executive Committee, Maithili Academy Patna (1988)
- Member, Programme Advisory Committee, All India Radio, Darbhanga (1993)
- Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for Parashuramak Bichhal Berayal Katha (1998)
- Convenor, Maithili Advisory Board Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (2003)
- Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2010)
List of works
Poetry
- Gudgudi (1946)
- Yugachakra (1952)
- Ritupriya (1963)
- Unta Pal (1972)
- Asha-Disha (1975)
- Thahi-Pathahi (2001)
Novel, Short-Story & Criticism
- Veer Kanya (1950)
- Bidagari (1963)
- Jasamadhi (1972)
- M. M. Muralidhar Jha (1980)
- Kashikant Mishra 'Madhup'(1994)
- Dinanath Pathak Bandhu (1994)
- Zero Power (2006)
One-Act Play
- Samadhan (1995)
- Khajwa Topi (2005)
Memoir
- Kanyadan Filmak: Nepathya Katha (2003)
Miscellaneous
- Trifla (1948)
- Maithili Patrikaritak Itihas (1981)
- Swatantra Swar (1994)
- Parashuramak Bichhal Berayal Katha (1995)
- Maithili Sahitya Parishadak Itihas (1995)
- Maithili Mahasabhak Itihas (1995)
Translation
- Vidyapati Sukti Taranginee
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- H. N. Apte
Editing
- Lok Sahitya (Research Papers)(2006)
- Maithili Ragmanch (Research Papers)(2007)
- Jagle Rahbai (Poetry) (2007)
- Labani Parak Deep (Poetry)
- Sandhi Samas (Short Story)
- Katha Kislay (2007)
References
- ↑ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. ISBN 9788126008735.
- ↑ "VerbalArt: A Global Journal Devoted to Poets & Poetry".
- ↑ "बिहार: प्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार पंडित चंद्रनाथ मिश्र अमर का निधन, मिथलांचल में शोक की लहर". News18 India. 2 April 2021.
- ↑ "Profile of Chandranath Mishra 'Amar'". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Winners". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2012.