Uday Prakash
Uday Prakash (born 1 January 1952) is a
Hindi poet, scholar,
journalist,
translator and
short story writer from India.
He has worked as administrator,
editor, researcher, and
TV director. He writes for major dailies and periodicals as a
freelancer. He has also received several awards for his collection of short stories and poems. With ''Mohan Das'' he received Sahitya Academi Awards in 2011. He is the first author to return his Sahitya Akademi award on September 3, 2015 against the killing of
M. M. Kalburgi that initiated a storm of national protests by writers, artists, scholars and intellectuals.
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