Sahitya News Desk !!! Mani Madhukar (English: Mani Madhukar, born- 9 September, 1942, Rajasthan) is a famous poet and writer of English and Rajasthani language. His original name is Maniram Sharma. He was awarded the ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ in 1975 for a poetry collection ‘Pagferau’ written by him.
Biography
Mani Madhukar was born on 9 September 1942 in Seuwa (Rajgarh), Churu district of Rajasthan. He has completed his education from Government Lohia College, Churu and completed his MA in English from Rajasthan University, Jaipur.
Editing and translation
Mani Madhukar edited many works. Many works were translated into Bengali, Kannada, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Dogri, Assamese, Gujarati etc. and foreign languages like Russian, German, Polish, French and English.
Around you Kalpana (Hyderabad) Akath (Jaipur) Samvay (Delhi) Rangyog (Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy) Aakriti (Lalit Kala Academy).
Translation
Mani Madhukar has translated many works into native languages like Bengali, Kannada, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Dogri, Assamese, Gujarati etc. and foreign languages like Russian, German, Polish, French and English.
Honours and Awards
Sahitya Akademi Award Premchand Award Kalidas Award
Foreign trips
Mani Madhukar is the only Indian representative poet sent by the selection committee of India Cultural Association Council to ‘World Poetry Festival-80’ in Yugoslavia. He has visited more than eighteen countries on various occasions.
