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Kala Prakash | |
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Born | Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India | 2 January 1934
Died | 5 August 2018 84) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Jai Hind College |
Subject | Fiction, poetry |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1994) Sindhi Language Authority Award (2011) |
Kala Prakash (2 January 1934 – 5 August 2018) was an Indian novelist, short story writer, and poet of Sindhi language. She authored more than 15 books and won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1994 from the Government of India.
Kala was born on 2 January 1934 to a moderate family of Karachi, Sindh, British India (now Pakistan). [1] She was only 13 when Pakistan was created and Sindhi Hindus had to leave their homeland. At that time, she was studying at Haridevi High School in Karachi. The deep pain of partition and bitter sense of homelessness can easily be felt in her writings. [2] After migration to India, she studied at K.J. Khalnani High School. She got a master's degree from Jai Hind College Mumbai and entered into government service as an auditor. She continued this job till 1977. After getting a Diploma in Sindhi, she joined as a lecturer. During her teaching career, she always encouraged and inspired young girls to take up Sindhi literature.
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