Amar Kant
Sign in to saveAmarkant (1925 – 17 February 2014) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. His novel Inhin Hathiyaron Se earned him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007, and Vyas Samman in year 2009. He was awarded Jnanpith Award for the year 2009. Amarkant is considered one of the prominent writers of the story writing tradition of Premchand but certainly is credited to add something better in that tradition by his own individuality.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925-07-01
- Died
- 2014-02-17
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Encyclopaedia of Manu's code of laws
- Change from above
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Metabolic Endotoxemia Initiates Obesity and Insulin Resistance
· 2007 · cited 5,466x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
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- Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
· 2021 · cited 4,133x
- Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 3,857x
- Incidence of thrombotic complications in critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19
· 2020 · cited 3,628x
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Amarkant
- Writer.image
- Amarkant (1925-2014).jpg
- Writer.image_size
- 225
- Writer.birth_place
- Bhagamalpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India(now Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Writer.death_date
- (aged 89)
- Writer.death_place
- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Writer.language
- Hindi
- Writer.nationality
- Indian
- Writer.notableworks
- Inhi Hathiyaaron Se, Kale Ujale Din, Kuch Yaadein Kuch Baatein
- Writer.occupation
- Writer, novelist
- Writer.children
- 3
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 July 1925
- Died
- 17 February 2014
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Ballia district
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Award
- Jnanpith Award
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Amarkant (1925 – 17 February 2014) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. His novel Inhin Hathiyaron Se earned him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007, and Vyas Samman in year 2009. He was awarded Jnanpith Award for the year 2009. Amarkant is considered one of the prominent writers of the story writing tradition of Premchand but certainly is credited to add something better in that tradition by his own individuality.
==Personal life== Amarkant was born in 1925 in the village of Bhagamalpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India, presently part of Nagra tehsil of Ballia district,Uttar Pradesh. He took active part in the Quit India Movement of 1942 which caused him to abandon his studies for a few years. He completed his graduation from Allahabad University and pursued a career in journalism with local Hindi newspapers. In late 2000s, the octogenarian Amarkant was fighting against penury.
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1925 births2014 deaths20th-century Indian novelists20th-century Indian short story writers21st-century Indian novelists21st-century Indian short story writersHindi-language Indian writersPeople from Ballia districtRecipients of the Jnanpith AwardRecipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in HindiWriters from Uttar Pradesh