1. Manglesh Dabral was an Indian Hindi poet and journalist.
16 Facts About Manglesh Dabral
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Manglesh Dabral was associated with Hindi-language newspapers including Jansatta, Hindi Patriot, and Purvagrah.
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Manglesh Dabral then moved to Bhopal, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to work as an editor for Bharat Bhavan's Purvagrah.
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Manglesh Dabral worked with the National Book Trust as an editorial consultant, and with the Hindi monthly magazine Public Agenda as its editor.
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Manglesh Dabral was noted as the editor of Jansatta's Sunday magazine, Ravivari where he mentored a generation of Hindi writers.
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Manglesh Dabral published five collections of poetry, Pahar Par Lalten, Ghar Ka Rasta, Ham Jo Dekhte Hain, Awaz Bhi Ek Jagah Hai and Naye Yug Men Shatru, two collections of prose Lekhak Ki Roti and Kavi Ka Akelapan, and a travel diary Ek Bar Iowa.
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Manglesh Dabral translated Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness to Hindi as Apar Khushi Ka Gharana.
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Manglesh Dabral received the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, in 2000 for his poetry collection Ham Jo Dekhte Hain.
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Manglesh Dabral's poetry has been translated in all major Indian languages, and a number of foreign languages, including English, Russian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Polish and Bulgarian.
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Manglesh Dabral was the recipient of the World Writers Program fellowship at the University of Iowa, in the United States.
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Manglesh Dabral was a vocal critic of the Indian government, and his works reflected dissent.
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Manglesh Dabral returned his Sahitya Akademi Award in 2015 in a protest that saw many Indian writers returning their awards.
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Manglesh Dabral was considered among the foremost contemporary Hindi language poets.
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Manglesh Dabral was credited to having brought in a new sensibility to contemporary Hindi poetry, with the use of low key and precise language.
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Manglesh Dabral died from COVID-19 complications at AIIMS New Delhi on 9 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
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Manglesh Dabral was undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Ghaziabad for the few days before being admitted to AIIMS, where his condition deteriorated, suffering a cardiac arrest.