Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Noted litterateur Surendra Upadhyay passes away

Noted litterateur and former chairman of Rajasthan Brijbhasha Academy,Professor Surendra Upadhyay(74) died due to cardiac arrest.
About Surendra Upadhyay :
  • Upadhyay had also served as chairman of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee Intellectual Cell.
  • Upadhyay was the recipient of Doctor of Literature (DLit)at the university of Rajasthan where he was head of the department.
  • He was engaged with a TV serial ‘Yamuna Kinare‘ as director and writer at the time of his death, Gandhi added.
Books :
  • He has authored at least three dozens of books, mainly short fiction, critic and poetry.
  • The writer had also worked on analysing ‘Kamayani’(an epic Hindi poem) written by yesteryears novelist, playwright and poet Jaishankar Prasad.

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