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The novelist Philip Pullman described the book as "a marvelous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny." [4] Lucy Knight, celebrating the book's 50th anniversary in The Guardian, quotes the novelist Ali Smith's description of The Summer Book, "a masterpiece of microcosm, a perfection of the small, quiet read". [5]
The company was launched in 2014. [1] Its name, Vedantu, is derived from the Sanskrit words Veda (knowledge) and Tantu (network). [2] The organization is run by IIT alumni Vamsi Krishna (co-founder and CEO), Pulkit Jain (co-founder and head of product), Saurabh Saxena (co-founder) and Anand Prakash (co-founder and head of academics).
Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.
Krishna Baldev Vaid (Hindi: कृष्ण बलदेव वैद) (27 July 1927 – 6 February 2020) was an Indian Hindi fiction writer and playwright, noted for his experimental and iconoclastic narrative style.
Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi; Award for contributions to Hindi literature: Awarded for: Literary award in India: Sponsored by: Sahitya Akademi, Government of India: Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award: 1955: Final award: 2024: Highlights; First winner: Makhanlal Chaturvedi: Most Recent winner: Gagan Gill: Total awarded: 69: Website ...
First edition (publ. Chatto & Windus) Sunlight on a Broken Column is a novel by Attia Hosain, which was published in 1961. [1] The novel, mainly set in Lucknow, is an autobiographical account by a fictional character called Laila, who is a 15-year-old orphaned daughter of a rich Muslim family of Taluqdars.
The book was a Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. [1] It was also a Finalist for the Indies Choice Book Award in the category "Book of the Year - Adult Fiction." [2] The story "The Summer People" won the 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards for best novelette. [3]
He was associated with the HBTU Kanpur. He hails from a Kurmi family. He was born in the Sagar district of Central Provinces, British India, on 15 September 1905.He was known for his "Chhayavaad" style of writing.