Pratap Narayan Tandon

Pratāpanārāyaṇa Ṭaṇḍana (born c. 1935, Lucknow), anglicized as Pratap Narayan Tandon, is an Indian Hindi social novelist and literary critic nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Biography Tandon was born on 1935 in the city of Lucknow, British Raj.

Career Between 1960 and 1970, he wrote a number of novels, which helped to establish a completely new genre of readers.

His most successful novel was Andhi Duniyan, published in 1970. It follows the story of Riti, a young girl who finds herself instantly encircled by darkness, and the entire world watches as the drama of her life plays out. When she lost her sight, her good looks were totally overshadowed, and she has to fight social suffocations despite her constant pains to rebel.

Recognition In 1973 and 1974, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Brij Behari Nayak, professor and director of University of Lucknow, and Kesari Narayan Shukla, professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Languages of the same university, respectively.

Publications Fiction 1956: Kaindidey [कैंडिडे] (Eng. trans. Candide). Sahitya Prakashan 1960: Andhi Drishti [अन्धी दृष्टि] (Eng. trans. Blind Vision). Sāhitya Kendra Prakāśana 1964: Navab Kankauva [नवाब कनकौवा]. Sāhitya Kendra Prakāśana 1964: Śūnya kī pūrti [शून्य की पूर्ति] (Eng. trans. Filling the Void). Viveka Prakāśana 1964: Rūpahale pānī kī būn̐deṃ [रुपहले पानी की बूंदें] (Eng. trans. Silver Water Drops). Viveka Prakāśana 1965: Patharīle pratirūpa [पथरिले प्रतिरूपा] (Eng. trans. Rocky Pattern). Viveka Prakāśana 1966: Vāsanā ke aṅkura [संकल्प के स्कोरा] (Eng. trans. Skora of Resolution). Sāhitya Kendra Prakāśana 1966: Rita [रीता]. Sāhitya Kendra Prakāśana 1966: Abhiśaptā [अभिशप्त] (Eng. trans. Accursed). Sāhitya Kendra Prakāśana 1969: Premacanda [प्रेमकांडा] (Eng. trans. Love Affair). Sāmayika Prakāśana 1970: Andhi Duniyan [आधी दुनिया] (Eng. trans. Half the World). Sanmārga Prakāśana, Penguin Random House India 1971: Pala do pala [एक क्षण, एक क्षण] (Eng. trans. A Moment, A Moment). Rājapāla 1975: Dhabbe [धब्बे] (Eng. trans. Spots). Sanmārga Prakāśana

Non-fiction 1956: Urdu-Sahitya ka Saral Ititras [उर्दू-साहित्य का सरल िटिटर्स] (Eng. trans. Simple Titters of Urdu Literature). Vidyamandir Press 1956: Hindī upanyāsa meṃ varga-bhāvanā [हिन्दी उपन्यासा मे वर्ग-भावना] (Eng. trans. Classic Sentiments in Hindi Novels). Hindī Sāhitya Bhaṇḍāra 1957: Hindī sāhitya: pichhala dashak [हिन्दी साहित्य : पिछला दशक] (Eng. trans. Hindi Literature: Last Decade). Hindī Sāhitya Bhaṇḍāra 1964: Hindī upanyāsa meṃ kathā-śilpa kā vikāsa [हिंदी उपन्यास में कथा-शिल्प का विकास] (* 1964: Hindi Upanyas Mein Katha Shilp ka Vikas [हिंदी उपन्यास में कथा शिल्प का विकास] (Eng. trans. Development of Narrative Craft in Hindi Novel). Hindī Sāhitya Bhaṇḍāra 1965: Hindī upanyāsa kalā [हिंदी उपन्यास काला] (Eng. trans. The Hindi Black Novel). Hindī Samiti, Sūcanā Vibhāga, Uttara Pradeśa 1965: Samīkshā ke māna aura Hindī samīkshā kī viśishṭa pravr̥ttiyām̐ [समीक्षा की मुख्य आभा हिंदी समीक्षा की विशिष्ट प्रवृत्तियाम्] (Eng. trans. Reflection of Review: Distinctive Tendencies of Hindi Review). Viveka Prakāśana 1967: Hindī upanyāsa kā paricayaātmaka itihāsa [हिंदी उपन्यासों का इतिहास] (Eng. trans. History of Hindi Novels). Viveka Prakāśana 1968: Hindī sāhitya kā pravr̥ttigata itihāsa [हिंदी साहित्य का प्रवृत्ति इतिहास] (Eng. trans. Early History of Hindi Literature). Viveka Prakāśana 1970: Pāścātya samīkshā kī rūparekhā [पाश्चत्य समीक्षा की रूपरेखा] (Eng. trans. Outline of Western Review). Rājapāla 1970: Hindī kahānī kalā [हिंदी कहानी काली] (Eng. trans. The Hindi Black Story). Hindī Samiti, Sūcanā Vibhāga, Uttara Pradeśa 1971: Roos ke mahan upanyaasakaar [रूस के महँ उपन्यासकार] (Eng. trans. Russia's Greatest Novelist). Lucknow Vivak Prakashan 1972: Saṃskr̥ta samīkshā kī rūparekhā [संस्कृत समीक्षा की रूपरेखा] (Eng. trans. Outline of Sanskrit Review). Somaiyā Pablikeśansa 1973: Hindī sāhitya kā itihāsa [हिन्दी साहित्य का इतिहास] (Eng. trans. History of Hindi Literature). Nīlābha Prakāśana 1974: Hindī upanyāsa kā udbhava aura vikāsa [हिंदी उपन्यास का उदभव और विकास] (Eng. trans. Origin and Development of Hindi Novel). Kalpakāra Prakāśana 1982: Vyaktitva aur krutitva [व्यक्तित्व और कृतित्व] (Eng. trans. Personality and Creativity). Sāmayika Prakāśana 1986: Brahath Hindi patrakarita kosh [बृहत हिन्दी पत्रकारिता कोश] (Eng. trans. Greater Hindi Journalism Dictionary). Viveka Prakāśana