Occupation Author, Poet Died 2000 Role Writer | Name Naresh Mehta Books Purush | |
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Born February 15, 1922Shajapur, British India ( 1922-02-15 ) Nationality British Indian, Republic of India Notable works AranyaChaityaPurushPravad Parv Notable awards Sahitya Akademi Award1988Jnanpith Award1992 Similar People Nirmal Verma, Mahadevi Varma, Kunwar Narayan, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Amarkant | ||
Naresh Mehta was a Hindi writer. There are over 50 published works in his name, ranging from poetry to plays. He received several literary awards, most notably the Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi in 1988 for his poetry collection Aranya and the Jnanpith Award in 1992.
Among the numerous schools of poetry which sprang up in the 1950s was Nakenwad, a school deriving its nomenclature from the first letters of the names of its three pioneers - Nalin Vilochan Sharma, Kesari Kumar, and Naresh Mehta.
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