Vinod Kumar Shukla

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Vinod Kumar Shukla (born1 January 1937) is a modern Hindi writer known for his simple yet charming style that often borders on magic-realism. His works include the novels Naukar ki Kameez (which has been made into a movie The Servant's Shirt by Mani Kaul) and Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi (A Window Lived in a Wall) which won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the best Hindi work in 1999.

[edit] Life and work

He was born on 1 January 1937 in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh (then Madhya Pradesh). His first collection of poems Lagbhag Jai Hind was published in 1971. Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Naya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah was his second collection of poems, published in 1981 by Sambhavna Prakashan. Naukar Ki Kameez (The Servant's Shirt) was his first novel, brought out in 1979 by the same publisher. Per Par Kamra (Room on the Tree), a collection of short stories, was brought out in 1988, and another collection of poems in 1992, Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega.

Vinod Kumar Shukla was a guest literateur at the Nirala Srijanpeeth in Bhopal from 1994 to 1996 during which he wrote two novels Khilega To Dekhenge and the refreshing Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi. The latter has been translated into English by Prof. Satti Khanna of Duke University as A Window Lived in a Wall (Publisher : Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2005).

Vinod Kumar Shukla currently lives in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.