Ashok Vajpeyi

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Ashok Vajpeyi
With his books at a seminar in IGNOU
With his books at a seminar in IGNOU
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Durg, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
OccupationChairman, Lalit Kala Akademi India's National Academy of Arts (2008–2011), poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic
LanguageHindi
The Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, Shri Ashok Vajpeyi interacting with the media, in New Delhi on December 15, 2011

Ashok Vajpeyi (

K.Satchidanandan.[5]

Career

Vajpeyi received his master's degree(MA English)from

Sunder Lal Patwa government transferred him to the state Revenue Board.[7]

Over the years he served Secretary of Culture, Union

ICCR), and executive board member of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.[4] He has won the Dayavati Modi Kavi Shekhar Samman, 1994, and the Kabir Samman (2006).[4] His work has been translated into many Indian languages, besides in English, French, and Polish.[8] After being appointed a pro-tem Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi India's National Academy of Arts, he was subsequently appointed as its regular chairman, in April 2008, till December 2011.[9]

After his retirement from IAS, he has lived in Delhi.[10]

Protest and return of awards

On 7 October 2015 it was reported that Vajpeyi returned his Sahitya Akademi Award supporting "the right to dissent" and protesting recent murders of writers.[11][12] On 20 January 2016, Ashok decided to return D.Litt. given to him by University of Hyderabad in protest against the “Anti-Dalit” attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven a Dalit student Rohith Vemula to commit suicide.[13]

Works

Anthology

As a translator, he collaborated with Renata Czekalska [pl] to translate from Polish into Hindi the works of four major Polish poets: Czesław Miłosz, W. Szymborska, Z. Herbert and T. Rozewicz.[3][14]

References

  1. ^ "General Council Members". Lalit Kala Akademi website. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ "The Word: Ashok Vajpeyi , Poet and former chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi". Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 09, Dated. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Ashok Vajpeyi". Jaipur Literature Festival. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Ashok Vajpeyi Lalit Kala Akademi pro-tem chief". The Hindu. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008.
  5. ^ Amit Prakash, Y.P. Rajesh (1 November 1995). "The Literary Mafia". Outlook Magazine.
  6. ^ "A Cultural Impact".
  7. ^ Amit Prakash and Y. P. Rajesh (1 November 1995). "The Literary Mafia". Outlook.
  8. ^ "Play: Ashok Vajpeyi". World Literature Today, University of Oklahoma.
  9. ^ "Ashok Vajpeyi becomes chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi". Ministry of Culture. 22 April 2008.
  10. ^ "Arty soul: Lalit Kala Akademi Chairman Ashok Vajpeyi." The Hindu. 24 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Now, Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award, slams PM Modi". Hindustan Times. 7 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Why we returned Sahitya Akademi awards". The Hindu. 10 October 2015.
  13. Zeenews.com
    . Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  14. ^ Czekalska, Renata. "Lista publikacji" (PDF). orient.uj.edu.pl (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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