Neelakshi Singh

Neelakshi Singh (born 17 March 1978) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Hindi language. She won Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Young Writers Award, Kalinga Book of the year award 2021 and Valley of Words Award 2022.

Career Neelakshi Singh was born at Hajipur in Bihar on 17 March 1978. She graduated from Benaras Hindu University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in economics. Since 2002, she is an employee of the State Bank of India.

Singh's short story collections "Parinde ka Intezaar saa Kuchh" and "Jinki Muthhiyon me Surakh Thaa" have been praised by literary critics. The title story of her Parinde collection stands as a classic story in contemporary Indian literature. Her novel "Khela" won KLF book of the year award 2021, Prof O.P. Malviya & Bharti Devi Samman 2021 and Valley of Words Award 2022. Her non-fiction title "Hukum Desh ka Ikka Khota" won the first Setu Pandulipi Samman 2022. Her latest book "Baraf Mahal" is a Hindi translation of the novel "The Ice Palace (Nynorsk: Is-slottet)" by Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas (first published in 1963).

She was the main protagonist of the documentary film "Through the Eyes of Words" directed by Shweta Merchant, produced by NHK, Japan.

Publications Story Collections

Novels

Her first novel, 'Shuddhipatra', acclaimed for its irony and horror, questions the current trend of merchandising human emotions and feelings on the open market.

Her latest novel "Khela" is literary fiction with themes relating to structures of power, politics of oil, international conflicts, religion and above all shades of resistance of an ordinary individual. This is a book relating to a quest and a miracle that grows out of it.

Non-Fiction This book has traces of autobiography and memoir along with shades of special kind of novelistic aspect. This non-fiction title transcends the conventionally recognized boundaries of genre.

Translation by Singh Singh has translated The Ice Palace by the Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas into Hindi.

Awards 2022 – Valley of Words Award 2022- Khela Novel 2022 – Setu Pandulipi Samman 2021 – Kalinga Book of the Year Award 2021- Khela Novel 2021 – Prof O.P. Malviya and Bharti Devi Samman 2021- Khela Novel 2005 – Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Yuva Puraskar 2004 – Katha Award 2004 – Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Young Writers Award 2002 – Ramakant Smriti Puraskar

Translations She is read in many Indian languages, and translations of her fictions featured in English. and German collections