SHIMLA, Oct 19: Veteran poet, critic and writer Shriniwas Shrikant was honoured with Life Time Achievement award by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for his remarkable contribution to Hindi literature.
Conferring the award on Shrikant (78) at a function organised by “Himalaya Sahitya Avem Sanskriti Manch” here, the chief minister said, “it is a reward for his accomplishment in the field of the Hindi literature, a language which is widely acknowledged and understood in Bharat.”
Shrikant began his writing career with his anthology of poems “Niyati” and made his strong presence felt as a critic in Hindi literature.
He was honoured with Dinkar Award by “Rupambra”, a National Hindi Academy, for projecting relations between man and the nature through his early writings and poetry.
“I attribute such awards as a real tribute to those writers, poets, historians and litterateurs who had devoted their entire life serving, conserving and promoting the literature across language barriers,” Shrikant said.
The chief minister also released a anthology of poems, “Aadmi ki Duniya ka din” and a book titled “Katha Trikon”, a critical analysis by Shrikant which he devoted to his wife Nirmal Devi. (PTI)
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