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{{Short description|Indian writer}} | |||
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| image = Rajendra Yadav bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 5624-001 February 28, 2013.jpg | | image = Rajendra Yadav bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 5624-001 February 28, 2013.jpg | ||
| caption = Yadav in 2013 | |||
| occupation = Novelist | | occupation = Novelist | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
| citizenship = Indian | | citizenship = Indian | ||
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1929|8|28}} | |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1929|8|28}} | ||
| spouse = [[Manu Bhandari]] | |||
|birth_place = [[Agra]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]] | |birth_place = [[Agra]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]] | ||
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'''Rajendra Yadav''' (28 August 1929 – | '''Rajendra Yadav''' (28 August 1929 – 28 October 2013) was a [[Hindi]] fiction writer, and a pioneer of the 'Nayi Kahani' movement of Hindi literature. | ||
He edited the literary magazine ''HANS'', which was founded by [[Munshi Premchand]] in 1930 but ceased publication in 1953 – Yadav relaunched it on 31st July 1986, (Premchand's Birthday).<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110526093923/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2213/stories/20050701002109200.htm Journals of resurgence]}} Frontline, The Hindu, 1 July 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Swan's song: Celebrating 25 years of a landmark Hindi literary magazine|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/27210710/Swan8217s-song.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=27 December 2011 }}</ref> | |||
His wife [[ | His wife [[Manu Bhandari]] was a notable Hindi writer and novelist. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Rajendra Yadav was born in [[Agra]], Uttar Pradesh on 28 August 1929.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} He received his early education at Agra, and later also studied at Mawana, [[Meerut]]. He graduated in 1949, and later completed his MA in Hindi at [[Agra University]] in 1951.<ref name=lit>{{cite web |url=http://www.literatureindia.com/2010/08/28/rajendra-yadav/ |title=Rajendra Yadav |publisher=literatureindia.com |date=23 August 2010 |accessdate=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808075127/http://www.literatureindia.com/2010/08/28/rajendra-yadav/ |archivedate=8 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | Rajendra Yadav was born in [[Agra]], Uttar Pradesh on 28 August 1929.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} He received his early education at Agra, and later also studied at Mawana, [[Meerut]]. He graduated in 1949, and later completed his MA in Hindi at [[Agra University]] in 1951.<ref name=lit>{{cite web |url=http://www.literatureindia.com/2010/08/28/rajendra-yadav/ |title=Rajendra Yadav |publisher=literatureindia.com |date=23 August 2010 |accessdate=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808075127/http://www.literatureindia.com/2010/08/28/rajendra-yadav/ |archivedate=8 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
His first novel was ''Pret Bolte Hain'' (''Ghosts Speak''), published in 1951 and later retitled as ''[[Sara Akash]]'' (''The Infinite Cosmos'') in the 1960s. It was the first Hindi novel to try to shock orthodox [[Culture of India|Indian cultural]] traditions. It was adapted into a movie of the same title, ''[[Sara Akash]]'', by [[Basu Chatterjee]] in 1969<ref>{{IMDb name|1408315}}</ref> and which along with [[Mrinal Sen]]'s ''[[Bhuvan Shome]]'', launched [[Parallel Cinema]] in Hindi.<ref>[http://passionforcinema.com/script-of-basu-chaterjee%E2%80%99s-debut-film-sara-akash/ Sara Akash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904224416/http://passionforcinema.com/script-of-basu-chaterjee%E2%80%99s-debut-film-sara-akash/ |date=4 September 2008 }}, passionforcinema.com.</ref> The films | His first novel was ''Pret Bolte Hain'' (''Ghosts Speak''), published in 1951 and later retitled as ''[[Sara Akash]]'' (''The Infinite Cosmos'') in the 1960s. It was the first Hindi novel to try to shock orthodox [[Culture of India|Indian cultural]] traditions. It was adapted into a movie of the same title, ''[[Sara Akash]]'', by [[Basu Chatterjee]] in 1969<ref>{{IMDb name|1408315}}</ref> and which along with [[Mrinal Sen]]'s ''[[Bhuvan Shome]]'', launched [[Parallel Cinema]] in Hindi.<ref>[http://passionforcinema.com/script-of-basu-chaterjee%E2%80%99s-debut-film-sara-akash/ Sara Akash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904224416/http://passionforcinema.com/script-of-basu-chaterjee%E2%80%99s-debut-film-sara-akash/ |date=4 September 2008 }}, passionforcinema.com.</ref> The films were shot at the Yadav's ancestral home in [[Raja Ki Mandi]], Agra.<ref>{{cite web| title = Eminent Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav passes away| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Eminent-Hindi-writer-Rajendra-Yadav-passes-away/articleshow/24887036.cms|date= Oct 29, 2013| accessdate = 2013-10-30| work = The Times of India}}</ref> | ||
''Ukhre Huey Log'', ('The Rootless People) his next novel, depicts the trauma of a couple arising out of socio-economic condition which forced them to desert the conventional path – and, still they failed to acclimatise themselves to a corrupt and devilish world. This novel envisages "living in" concept for the first time. | ''Ukhre Huey Log'', ('The Rootless People) his next novel, depicts the trauma of a couple arising out of socio-economic condition which forced them to desert the conventional path – and, still they failed to acclimatise themselves to a corrupt and devilish world. This novel envisages "living in" concept for the first time. | ||
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''Ek Inch Muskaan'' (A Little Smile), which Rajendra Yadav and wife [[Mannu Bhandari]] wrote together, is a love tragedy of [[schizophrenic]] individuals. | ''Ek Inch Muskaan'' (A Little Smile), which Rajendra Yadav and wife [[Mannu Bhandari]] wrote together, is a love tragedy of [[schizophrenic]] individuals. | ||
Besides being a writer, Rajendra Yadav was also a nominated | Besides being a writer, Rajendra Yadav was also a nominated board member of Prasar Bharti in 1999–2001. | ||
He was awarded [[Yash Bharati | He was awarded [[Yash Bharati Award]] of year 2013 by Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. | ||
Yadav died in New Delhi on 28 October 2013. He was 84 years old when he died. Before his death, he had been admitted to hospital as he was ailing .<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/renowned-hindi-author-rajendra-yadav-passes-away/1/320682.html | Yadav died in New Delhi on 28 October 2013. He was 84 years old when he died. Before his death, he had been admitted to hospital as he was ailing .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/renowned-hindi-author-rajendra-yadav-passes-away/1/320682.html|title = Renowned Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav, pioneer of Nayi Kahani movement, dies at 84}}</ref> | ||
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== Career == | == Career == | ||
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=== Editing === | === Editing === | ||
As editor of ''[[Hans (magazine)|Hans]]'', a monthly literary magazine in Hindi, Yadav encouraged writing on themes surrounding questions of inequality and poverty.<ref name=":0" /> In his editorials for ''Hans'', he often wrote about issues concerning feminism and [[Dalit]] empowerment, and encouraged contributions to the magazine from Dalit and women writers.<ref name=":0" /> His frank style occasionally courted controversy and he was once the subject of litigation after statements made by him were alleged to offend religious sentiments.<ref name=":0" /> He was a strong advocate of freedom of expression and expressed the opinion that the refusal of Hindi writer-editors to publish good, but controversial, literature, had directly | As editor of ''[[Hans (magazine)|Hans]]'', a monthly literary magazine in Hindi, Yadav encouraged writing on themes surrounding questions of inequality and poverty.<ref name=":0" /> In his editorials for ''Hans'', he often wrote about issues concerning feminism and [[Dalit]] empowerment, and encouraged contributions to the magazine from Dalit and women writers.<ref name=":0" /> His frank style occasionally courted controversy and he was once the subject of litigation after statements made by him were alleged to offend religious sentiments.<ref name=":0" /> He was a strong advocate of freedom of expression and expressed the opinion that the refusal of Hindi writer-editors to publish good, but controversial, literature, had directly led to the flourishing of little magazines that would publish such works.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yadav|first1=Rajendra|last2=Kohli|first2=Suresh|date=2013-01-01|title=Custodians of Literature: A Note on Writer-Editors in Hindi|jstor=43856477|journal=Indian Literature|volume=57|issue=6 (278)|pages=28–41}}</ref> | ||
==Selected bibliography== | ==Selected bibliography== | ||