Acharya Shukla
| Acharya Ramchandra Shukla | |
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आचार्य रामचंद्र शुक्ल
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| Born |
October 4, 1882 Agona village, Basti, U.P. |
| Died | February 2, 1941 (aged 58) |
| Nationality |
 Indian
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| Occupation | Writer, essayist, scholar, historian, novelist, critic. |
| Known for | Codifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system. |
Ram Chandra Shukla (4 October 1884 – 2 February 1941), better known as Acharya Shukla, is regarded as the first codifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system by using wide, empirical research with scant resources and published Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihaas (1928–29).
Acharya Ramchandra Shukla was born on October 4, 1882, Basti district in a wealthy Brahmin family,. His father Chandrabali Shukla was a prestigious Revenue Inspector (Kanoongo) at that time. Before he did his high school at London Mission School he learned Hindi, English and Urdu at his house by qualified teachers and then for further study he came to Allahabad and continued his study; after that he wrote and published his valuable literature works and his experienced information.
The work of Shukla traces the genesis of Hindi poetry and prose since the 6th century and its development through Buddhist and Nath schools and the medieval contributions of Amir Khusro, Kabirdas, Ravidas, Tulsidas, stretching to the modern realism of Nirala and Premchand.
In his assessment of Shukla (Acharya Ramchandra Shukla aur Hindi Alochana) eminent critic Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma emphasises the fact that the great writer opposed feudal and courtly literature as it did not give a true picture of the life of the common people and contemporary society.
His works of literary criticism include Kavita Kya Hai, the most widely read essay explaining poetry and poetics in his outstanding collection Chintamani, published initially in two volumes as a collection of essays on emotions like anger and hatred. Recently his scattered and unpublished essays have been found and published as Chintamani-3 edited by Namwar Singh and Chintamani-4 by Kusum Chaturvedi.
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