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Narendra Kohli

Narendra Kohli
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Narendra Kohli
Born (1940-01-06) 6 January 1940 (age 77)
Punjab (Undivided India)
Occupation Teacher
Nationality Indian
Citizenship India
Education PhD
Alma mater Delhi University
Period 1970–present
Notable works Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati
Notable awards Vyas Samman in 2012,Padma shri in 2017.
Website
www.narendrakohli.org

Narendra Kohli (नरेन्द्र कोहली) (born 6 January 1940, Sialkot) is a Hindi-language author. He is credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose. He is also regarded as a trend-setter in the sense that he pioneered the creation of literary works based on the Puranas. Because of the large impact of his body of work on Hindi literature, this era of contemporary modern Hindi literature, since about 1975, is sometimes referred to as the 'Kohli Era'.

Narendra Kohli was born to Parmananda Kohli and Vidyavanti in Punjab province of British India. His first school was the Dev Samaj High School in Lahore. Then he attended the Ganda Singh High School in Sialkot for a few months. In 1947, after the partition of India, the family moved to Jamshedpur (Bihar). He resumed his schooling in third grade at Dhatkidih Lower Primary school. He spent fourth to seventh grade (1949–53) at New Middle English school. Urdu was the medium of instruction for all subjects except English, which was limited to reading and writing. From eighth to eleventh grade, he attended KMPM High School in Jamshedpur. He selected the science stream in high school. The medium of instruction was Urdu till this point.

For higher education, he joined the Jamshedpur Co-operative College. He took the IA exams in 1959 from Bihar University with Compulsory English, Compulsory Hindi, Psychology, Logic, and special Hindi as his subjects. He completed his BA (Hons.) in 1961 from Jamshedpur Co-operative College (Ranchi University) in Hindi. He completed his MA in 1963 at Ramjas College (University of Delhi), and in 1970, received his PhD from the University of Delhi.


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