Giriraj Kishore (writer)

Giriraj Kishore (born (1937-07-08) 8 July 1937) is an Indian writer, who was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India in the year 2007. He lives in Kanpur and is a retired government servant. He was given the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, the Vyas Samman in 2000, and a honorary Ph.D. by Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University in 2002.

Biography

Giriraj Kishore was born in Muzzafarnagar in 1937. His father was a zamindar, but because of his socialist principles and lack of interest in zamindari system Giriraj left home at a young age and became a Gandhian. He completed his Masters in Social Work from The Institute of Social Sciences, Agra. He completed a emeritus fellowship by the University Grants Commission, Government of India in 1998-1999. fellowship at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla from 1999 to 2001.

Later he worked at different posts as a officer in the government, including as registrar of Kanpur University (Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University) and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in a career spanning more than 30 years. He was formerly a member of the Sahitya Akademi working committee, and the Railway Board of GOI.

He is married to Mrs. Meera Kishore and has 2 daughters and a son. Both his daughters are married. At present he resides in Kanpur and is writing few novels. He also writes articles regularly in newspapers and is the editor of a Hindi magazine Aakar.

Selected works

• Pahla Girmitiya (The First Indentured Labour), for which he received the Padma Shri in 2007.

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