Vishnu Khare

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Vishnu Khare ( Hindi विष्णु खरे ; born February 2, 1940 in Chhindwara , Madhya Pradesh ; † September 19, 2018 in Delhi ) was an Indian writer , journalist , literary and film critic and translator .

Life

After studying English at Christian College in Indore , Khare worked as an English lecturer from 1963 to 1975, and then from 1976 to 1984 as program secretary of the Indian science academy "Sahitya Akademi" . He started a career as a journalist from 1985-1993, initially as editor of the Hindi-language magazine Dainik Indore (Indore) and the Navbharat Times , one of the most widely distributed and most widely read Hindi-language daily newspapers in northern India, first from Lucknow , then from Jaipur . He spent the last part of his life as vice chairman of the academy in Delhi.

Although Khare wrote as a columnist on the subjects of literature, film and culture to the end, his reputation as a translator and author of lyrical prose exceeded his fame as a newspaper man. The multilingual Khare had already translated TS Eliot's " The Waste Land " into Hindi at the age of 19 and later also translated a. a. Goethe's " Faust " and the Finnish epic Kalevala . Longer stays abroad, etc. a. in Czechoslovakia , broadened his horizons and translated the works of Czesław Miłosz , Wisława Szymborska and Miklós Radnóti into Hindi.

As both an author and a critic, Khare kept in close contact with the younger generation, who valued him as a teacher and author. Khare took part in almost all literary debates of his time, but was generally respected despite his sometimes pointed statements.

subjects

In addition to his numerous journalistic works, Khare's work consists of seven volumes of poetry and five volumes of film and literary criticism. Although his work is not very extensive, it has a strong influence on contemporary literature because of its depth. The same applies to his film reviews , which he published in the Navbharat Times , The Pioneer , The Hindustan Times and Frontline .

Khare, who always felt that he belonged to the intellectual middle class, addressed not only the reflection on the role of the writer as an artist but also the precarious situation of the lower middle and lower classes, the widespread corruption, and the increasing violence in the conflicts between the various religious and social groups of the population ( Communalism ) and the position of women.

Style, language

Khare's style is characterized by free verse reminiscent of prose, in which he uses simple words in closely observed everyday situations to make the individual appear in his position towards society, religion and family.

Private

Khare felt a lifelong connection to his home region of Chhindwara in the south of Madhya Pradesh , whose rough, inhospitable character is so aptly reproduced in the poem TS Eliot, which he translated in his youth, " Das Wüsten Land ". Under no circumstances did he want to die in Mumbai. Khare was married and had a son.

Awards and memberships

Khare has received numerous domestic and international awards for his work, including a. with the Hindi Academy Literature Award , the Raghuvir Sahay Samman , Maithili Sharan Gupt Samman and Shikhar Samman . For his translation of the Finnish national epic , Kalevala , into Hindi , he received the Finnish Order of the White Rose in 1999 ; He received an award in 2013 for his translation of the Estonian national epic , the Kalevipoeg . In addition to his membership in the Sahitya Akademi, Khare was a member of the Kalevala Society and the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Commission for India.

rating

  • "Vishnu was a great Hindi poet, and in the field of Indian languages, people can be counted for his creativity on the fingers of one hand. How many creative people as talented as him are there? ... His contribution to Hindi poetry is incomparable. He is one of the few writers who gave Hindi poetry a new language and environment It is not an exaggeration to say that Mahapran Nirala cleared Hindi poetry but gave Vishnuji [i.e. Vishnu Khare] her unique prose singing. " - Obituary in the Navbharat Times
  • "A grand master of the Hindi literary world ... a literary giant ... He was arguably the most notable figure in the field of literature who wrote in Hindi after independence ... It is probably no exaggeration to say that With his death, literature lost one of the few respected, trustworthy, famous and well-known intellectuals whose contribution to Hindi literature was innovative and unparalleled. " - Obituary for ScrollIn
  • "His position as a Hindi writer and critic known as Resident Editor and Acting Executive Editor. Navbharat Times he showed exemplary courage in the face of pressure from Hindu - communalist was exercised, and he has paid for the price." - Obituary in the National Herald, 2018
  • "Hindi has lost one of its most fearless and courageous poets and critics, who always stood up for truth and justice as he saw them. His poetry explored, with rare connoisseurship and deeply felt human empathy, the little-noticed urban life in all its suffering , its injustice and humanity. " - Ashok Vajpeyi

Works (German and English)

  • The Ox Cart: Hindi Poetry of the Seventies and Eighties . By Lothar Lutze. Freiburg: Mersch 1983
  • Which come later. Prosaic poems . From the Hindi by Lothar Lutze. Heidelberg: Draupadi 2006
  • Rock inscriptions: contemporary Hindi poetry. Selected by Monika Horstmann and Vishnu Khare . Heidelberg: Draupadi 2007 extract and table of contents
  • Poems. By Lothar Lutze. Delhi: Jayashree Publ. 1978
  • Eight poems. By Lothar Lutze. Delhi: Roopabh Printers 1978
  • Living Literature - a Trilingual Documentation of Indo-German, Literary Exchange / Indo-German literature exchange in three languages . By Barbara Lotz and Vishnu Khare. Delhi: Shahdara 1998

Remarks

  1. ↑ The data after Pratilipi
  2. ↑ The Navbharat Times belongs to the same group of companies as the English-language Times of India ; Website
  3. ↑ Obituary for ScrollIn
  4. ↑ Firstpost
  5. ↑ Rock inscriptions (preface)
  6. ↑ obituary in the Navbharat Times
  7. ↑ The latter two are Madhya Pradesh State Awards; Madhya Pradesh Awards website
  8. ↑ Estonia gives awards

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personal data
SURNAME Khare, Vishnu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian writer, journalist, literary and film critic and translator
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Chhindwara , Madhya Pradesh
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2018
Place of death Delhi