Motilal Wadhumal Jotwani was an Indian writer, educationist, Gandhian and a former post doctoral fellow of Harvard Divinity School who specialized in Sindhi language and literature.
11 Facts About Motilal Jotwani
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Motilal Jotwani was born on 13 January 1936 at Rohri, in the Sukkur district of the Sindh region in the British India.
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Motilal Jotwani's family moved to India after the partition of 1947 and settled in Delhi.
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Motilal Jotwani obtained a doctoral degree on the work of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, renowned Sufi poet.
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Motilal Jotwani is the author of Dictionary of Sindhi Literature and a critical study on Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, under the name, Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, His Life and Work.
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Motilal Jotwani was the editor of Indian Author, the official journal of the Authors Guild of India, New Delhi from 1985 to 1990.
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Motilal Jotwani's contributions are reported in the establishment of Sindhi Education Society which manages two schools, Baba Nebhraj Senior Secondary School and Hemnani Secondary School, in Delhi.
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Motilal Jotwani served as a member of its governing council for many years.
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Motilal Jotwani received Hindi literary awards from the Government of Delhi and the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1988 and 1990 respectively.
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Motilal Jotwani has received Hindi Academy Kriti Puraskar, Sahitya Academy Award and Sindhu Ratan Award.
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Motilal Jotwani died on 28 January 2008 in Pune, succumbing to a cardiac arrest, leaving behind his wife, Raj Motwani and two sons.