Arjun Deo Charan
{{Short description|Indian writer & theatre personality (born 1954)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|05|10}}
| birth_place = Mathania, India
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| occupation = Playwright, theatre director
Founder, Rammat Theatre Group
| years_active = 1974–present
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|awards= Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwright, 1992
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Arjun Deo Charan (born 1954) is a Rajasthani poet, critic, playwright, theatre director and translator. A prominent figure in Indian theatre, he is among the country's top 10 theatre personalities.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Early life
Charan was born on 10 May 1954 in the village of Mathania, Jodhpur. His father Renvat Dan Charan also was an eminent Rajasthani poet and socialist, who had won Sahitya Akademi Award for his notable work Uchhalo. Charan has been the Head of Department of Rajasthani Language in the Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. He has been selected as Chairman of Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, Jodhpur on 26 November 2011 for three years.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
The K. K. Birla Foundation has awarded the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to Arjun Deo Charan for his Rajasthani poetry collection Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bihari-Puraskar-for-poet-Shesh/Article1-525628.aspx |title=Bihari Puraskar for poet Shesh - Hindustan Times |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022221208/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Bihari-Puraskar-for-poet-Shesh/Article1-525628.aspx |archivedate=22 October 2012 }}{{Cite web |url=http://iasyes.in/index.php/sports-a-miscellany/296-bihari-puraskar-goes-to-arjundeo-charan |title=The Calibre – Bihari Puraskar goes to Arjundeo Charan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709125506/http://iasyes.in/index.php/sports-a-miscellany/296-bihari-puraskar-goes-to-arjundeo-charan |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}
He has been awarded by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi for his book Dharam Judh in 1992.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani |title=Rajasthani (Since 1974) |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828042905/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10317.htm#rajasthani |archive-date=28 August 2009 |url-status=dead }} He also has been awarded by Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for his contribution to the Rajasthani language theatre in 1999.{{Cite web |url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees_1.html |title=Awardees |access-date=18 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135635/http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees_1.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Arjun Deo Charan is the founder of Rammat Theatre Group, Jodhpur, which is one of the prestigious theatre group of country. Charan's plays have been performed on several National and International theatre festivals including Bharat Rang Mahotsav.
Charan has performed his play in Karachi, Pakistan.
Charan's play Meh Raja The Parja was performed in 3rd Rajasthani Annual International Art Festival in Jaipur.
Published works
- Charan, Arjun Dev. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sI5kNnWgNIgC Virasat] (in Hindi). Vani Prakashan.
- Charan, Arjun Deo. (2021). [http://gayatriprakashan.com/product/pancham-ved/ Pancham Veda] (in Hindi). Gayatri Parakashan.
- Charan, Arjun Deo. (2022). [http://gayatriprakashan.com/product/jagdamba/ Jagadamba] (in Hindi). Gayatri Parakashan. {{ISBN|978-93-90721-54-2}}
- Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=u48uzAB3kQAC Adhunik Punjabi Kavita] (in Hindi). Sahitya Akademi Publications. {{ISBN|978-81-260-1404-0}}.
- Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DqYv_nHbD28C Dharmyuddh] (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. {{ISBN|978-81-260-2255-7}}.
- Charan, Arjun Dev (1 January 2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=U0qC-jjbJSgC Satyaprakāśa Jośī] (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. {{ISBN|978-81-260-1597-9}}.
- Cāraṇa, Arjunadeva (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=wa9jAAAAMAAJ Bagata rī bārakhaṛī] (in Hindi). Kavi Prakāśana. {{ISBN|978-81-86436-33-2}}.
- Cāraṇa, Arjunadeva (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UM8MAAAAIAAJ Rājasthānī kahāṇī, paramparā-vikāsa] (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Sāhitya Saṃsthāna.
Awards
- Rajasthani Sahitya Akademi – Award, 1980
- Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi Award, 1992. {{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
- Suryamal Mishran Shikhar Award of Rajasthani Bhasa Sahitya Evam Sanskriti Akademi, 1997{{Cite web|title=Arjun Dev Charan Archives · Bhartiya Sahityas|url=https://www.bhartiyasahityas.com/authors/arjun-dev-charan/|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Bhartiya Sahityas|language=en-US|quote=साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कार के अलावा आपको सूर्यमल्ल मीसण-शिखर सम्मान तथा राजस्थान संगीत नाटक अकादमी पुरस्कार भी प्राप्त हो चुके हैं}}
- Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1999{{Cite web|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1041&at=2|title=CUR_TITLE|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-23}}
- Maru-Parampara Samman, 2004.
- Bihari Puraskar, K.K Birla Foundation, 2011
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, New Delhi, 2012 {{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
- Kavi Kag Award, 2016{{cite news |date=14 March 2016 |title=કાગ એવોર્ડની અર્પણ વિધિ યોજાઇ |publisher=Divya Bhaskar |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-BVN-OMC-MAT-latest-bhavnagar-news-034646-3804259-NOR.html?sld_seq=1}}
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080326043753/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/03/21/stories/2008032150940300.htm Language has never been a deterrent]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006063946/http://pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=2180 धर्मयुद्ध (Dharmayuddh)]
- [https://archive.today/20070808160118/http://boloji.in/kavita/2005/136.htm Vipathaga]
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Category:Rajasthani-language writers
Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Rajasthani