Swadesh Deepak (born 1943) is an Indian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. Deepak has been active on the Hindi literary scene since the mid-1960s and is best known for Court Martial, a 1991 play. Deepak's most recent book is Maine Mandu Nahin Dekha, a volume of memoirs.

Deepak holds master's degrees in both Hindi and English. For twenty-six years, he taught English literature at Ambala's Gandhi Memorial College.

Awards and honours

Deepak won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2004.[1]

Books

Collections of short stories

  • Ashwarohi / अश्वारोही (1973)
  • Maatam / मातम (1978)
  • Tamaasha / तमाशा (1979)
  • Pratinidhi Kahaniyan / प्रतिनिधि कहानियां (1985)
  • Bal Bhagwaan / बाल भगवान (1986)
  • Kisi Apriya Ghatna Ka Samachar Nahin / किसी अप्रिय घटना का समाचार नहीं (1990)
  • Maskhare Kabhi Nahin Rote / मसखरे कभी नहीं रोते (1997)
  • Nirvachit Kahaniyan / निर्वाचित कहानियां (2003)
  • Bagugoshe / बगूगोशे (2017)

Novels

  • Number 57 Squadron / नंबर ५७ स्क्वाड्रन (1973)
  • Mayapot / मायापोत (1985)'

Plays

  • Natak Bal Bhagwan / नाटक बाल भगवान (1989)
  • Court Martial / कोर्ट मार्शल (1991)
  • Jalta Hua Rath / जलता हुआ रथ (1998)
  • Sabse Udaas Kavita / सबसे उदास कविता (1998)
  • Kaal Kothari / काल कोठरी (1999)

Memoirs

  • Maine Mandu Nahin Dekha / मैंने मांडू नहीं देखा (2003)

References

  1. ↑ Sangeet Natak Akademi. "Playwriting award 2004". SNA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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