Occupation Teacher Period 1970–present Nationality Indian Name Narendra Kohli | Citizenship India Role Author Alma mater Delhi University Spouse Dr. Madhurima Kohli | |
Born 6 January 1940 (age 84)
Punjab (Undivided India) ( 1940-01-06 ) Notable works Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati Books Na Bhuto Na Bhavishyati, Matsyagandha Children Kartikeya Kohli, Agastya Kohli Parents Vidyavanti Kohli, Parmananda Kohli Education University of Delhi (1970), Ramjas College (1963), Jamshedpur Co-Operative College (1961) | ||
Sri narendra kohli
Narendra Kohli (नरेन्द्र कोहली) (born 6 January 1940, Sialkot) is a Hindi-language author. He is credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose. He is also regarded as a trend-setter in the sense that he pioneered the creation of literary works based on the Puranas. Because of the large impact of his body of work on Hindi literature, this era of contemporary modern Hindi literature, since about 1975, is sometimes referred to as the 'Kohli Era'.
Contents
- Sri narendra kohli
- Aaj Savere An interview with Narendra Kohli Eminent Author
- Life
- Early writings
- References
Aaj Savere - An interview with Narendra Kohli, Eminent Author
Life
Narendra Kohli was born to Parmananda Kohli and Vidyavanti in Punjab province of British India. His first school was the Dev Samaj High School in Lahore. Then he attended the Ganda Singh High School in Sialkot for a few months. In 1947, after the partition of India, the family moved to Jamshedpur (Bihar). He resumed his schooling in third grade at Dhatkidih Lower Primary school. He spent fourth to seventh grade (1949–53) at New Middle English school. Urdu was the medium of instruction for all subjects except English, which was limited to reading and writing. From eighth to eleventh grade, he attended KMPM High School in Jamshedpur. He selected the science stream in high school. The medium of instruction was Urdu till this point.
For higher education, he joined the Jamshedpur Co-operative College. He took the IA exams in 1959 from Bihar University with Compulsory English, Compulsory Hindi, Psychology, Logic, and special Hindi as his subjects. He completed his BA (Hons.) in 1961 from Jamshedpur Co-operative College (Ranchi University) in Hindi. He completed his MA in 1963 at Ramjas College (University of Delhi), and in 1970, received his PhD from the University of Delhi.
Early writings
His first story was in sixth grade for the handwritten class magazine. In eighth grade, his Urdu story Hindostan: Jannat Nishan was published in the school's printed magazine. As a child author, some of his first Hindi stories were published by Kishore (Patna) and Avaaz (Dhanbad). During his IA years, Sarita (Delhi) published his story Paani ka Jug, Gilas aur Ketli in its Nae Ankur ("New Sprouts") column.
After February 1960 his works started getting published regularly. He considers Do Haath published by Kahani (Allahabad) as his first published work.
He wrote a few novels based on the life of families and societies as well. But just portraying the society, or ridiculing its flaws and dilemmas was not going to satisfy him. He realised, that literature cannot reach its ultimate goal just by a narrow, partial and limited display of society, nor can the society benefit from such literature. The demonstration of poor human qualities will only encourage the evil and the foul. Therefore, it must be the goal of literature to demonstrate the great, honourable and moral aspect of life, he believes.