Renowned Hindi author, critic Namvar Singh passes away at 92
Namvar Singh, one of contemporary Hindi literature's greatest writers and critics, has died after prolonged illness late night yesterday in the national capital. He was 92. Singh was not keeping well for a month and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The last rites will be performed at 3 pm today at the Lodhi Road crematorium. Read here.
Namvar did MA and Ph.D. in Hindi literature from BHU
Born on July 28, 1926, in Varanasi's village Jiyanpur (now in Chandauli), Singh completed his MA and Ph.D. in Hindi literature from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He shaped literary criticism in Hindi. His notable writings include Chhayavaad, Itihas Aur Alochana, Kahaani Nayi Kahaani, and Dusri Parampara Ki Khoj. He received literary criticism in 1971 for his work Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman.
Namvar served as the editor of two Hindi magazines
Singh also worked as a professor in his alma mater BHU as well as Jodhpur University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He served as the editor of two Hindi magazines, Janyug and Alochana. Condoling his death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was a towering figure of Hindi literature and gave it new direction through his literary criticism.
PM Narendra Modi condoled the death of Namvar Singh
Leaders paid tribute to one of the finest Hindi critics
Several prominent leaders including Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Home Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to one of the finest Hindi critics on micro-blogging site, Twitter. Sitaram Yechury, the secretary general of Communist Party of India (Marxist) also shared his condolences over Singh's death.