Sudhanshu Chaturvedi

Sudhanshu Chaturvedi is a writer, translator and academic from Uttar Pradesh, India. He has authored or translated over 120 books in Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit and English. Even though his mother tongue is Hindi, he has written most of his books in Malayalam.

He has received many awards including Sahitya Akademi Award for translation (1995, for Rassi, translation of Malayalam novel Kayar), Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scientific Literature, Indian Council for Child Education Award for children's literature, Rangeya Raghav Paryatan Puraskar and Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan Souhard Samman.

Nilayilekkozhukiya ganga is the biography of Sudhanshu Chaturvedi written by E. Jayachandran and published by Kerala Bhasha Institute.

Biography He was born on 15 February 1943 in Madho Nagar, near Kanpur in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh.

In 1962, Sudhanshu met Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to demand that Hindi be made the national language of India. He told Nehru that, speakers of other languages should be strictly instructed to learn Hindi by 1965. In response, Nehru rejected his proposal and said that he had to satisfy the entire people of India. In 1964 he translated first Malayalam novel to Hindi, which was Odayil Ninnu by P. Kesavadev (Hindi title Nale Se). ) Theerabhoomi(Malayalam novel) Janmaantharam (Malayalam novel) Navabharatha shilpikal Bharatheeya prathibhakal Anthyabhilasham(Malayalam novel) Chinnichithariya Mohangal(Malayalam novel) Karmadheerante kaalppadukal (Biography of Lal Bahadur Shastri) Sumaanjali (Hindi poetry collection) Kavithayute Kallukal (Malayalam poetry collection)

Awards Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (for his translation Kayar to Hindi) Rangeya Raghav Paryatan Puraskar Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scientific Literature Dr. Gargi Gupta Anuvad Shree Award for Outstanding Contribution to Translation Indian Council for Child Education Award for children's literature Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan Souhard Samman Vachaspati Award Rashtrabhasha Ratna Rashtriya Samman Manumitra Award Sahitya Ratnam Vidyavaridhi Puraskaram