Nilamber Dev Sharma
{{Short description|Indian scholar and writer (1931–2020)}}
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| birth_place = Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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Nilamber Dev Sharma (October 6, 1931 – June 23 2020) was an Indian scholar and writer of Dogri and English literature, best known for his work, An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature,{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Modern-Dogri-Literature/dp/B000KITBKW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417095641&sr=1-1 | title=An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature | publisher=Kranti Press | author=Nilamber Dev Sharma | year=1965 | asin=B000KITBKW}} the first publication in English about Dogri literature.{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/jan/26/prof-punjabi-nilamber-conferred-padma-shri-22.asp | title=Greater Kashmir | publisher=Greater Kashmir | date=25 January 2011 | access-date=27 November 2014}} The Government of India honored Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}
Biography
Nilamber Dev Sharma was born to a Sanskrit scholar and a renowned astrologer, Madan Mohan Shastri, on 6 October 1931 at Jammu, British India.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/padam-shri-nilambar/ | title=Daily Excelsior | publisher=Daily Excelsior | date=14 February 2013 | access-date=27 November 2014}} He graduated in English literature from the Government Gandhi Memorial College, Jammu (GGMC), continued his studies at the Hindu College, New Delhi from where he obtained a master's degree and started his career as an English lecturer in Kairana, Uttar Pradesh. He also secured an honours degree from the University of Leeds, UK. After a short stay at Kairana, Sharma moved to his alma mater, the Government Gandhi Memorial College, in 1953. Two years later, he joined Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1961 as its deputy secretary and rose to the position of the secretary. Nilamber Dev Sharma was the first convenor of the Dogri Advisory Board when Sahitya Academy officially recognized Dogri in 1969. In 1972, Sharma resigned from the Academy and entered politics, a stay which was short lived.
Sharma is a former director of the Amar Mahal Museum and Library and a former president of Dogri Sanstha. He is credited with several publications{{cite web | url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/sharma-nilamber-dev/ | title=List of Books on Abe Books | publisher=Abe Books | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}
- {{cite web | url=http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/np-sharma,%20nilamber%20dev/ | title=Worldcat Profile | publisher=Worldcat | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}} including An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature, A Brief Survey of Dogri (Modern) Literature,{{cite journal | title=A Brief Survey of Dogri (Modern) Literature | author=Nilamber Dev Sharma | journal=Indian Literature | year=2002 | volume=46 | issue=3 | pages=116–126 | jstor=23338590 }} An Introduction to Dogri Folk, Literature, Drama and Art, Chete Kish Khatte, Kish Mitthe, Rishtey and Kahani di Tapaash He has edited a number of books for Dogri Sanstha, Jammu{{cite web | url=http://www.dogrisanstha.org/publications_contdd.html | title=Dogri Sanstha | publisher=Dogri Sanstha | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}} and has translated Iyaruingam, an Assamese work by the novelist Birendera Kumar Bhattacharyya.
See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Modern-Dogri-Literature/dp/B000KITBKW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417095641&sr=1-1 | title=An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature | publisher=Kranti Press | author=Nilamber Dev Sharma | year=1965 | asin=B000KITBKW}}
- {{cite journal | title=A Brief Survey of Dogri (Modern) Literature | author=Nilamber Dev Sharma | journal=Indian Literature | year=2002 | volume=46 | issue=3 | pages=116–126 | jstor=23338590 }}
External links
- {{cite web | url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/sharma-nilamber-dev/ | title=List of Books on Abe Books | publisher=Abe Books | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}
- {{cite web | url=http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/np-sharma,%20nilamber%20dev/ | title=Worldcat Profile | publisher=Worldcat | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}
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Category:Writers from Jammu and Kashmir
Category:Indian Sanskrit scholars
Category:Hindu College, Delhi alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
Category:20th-century Indian translators
Category:20th-century Indian linguists
Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education