Krishna Sobti
Indian writer (1925-2019) · India · On the map · Writers · Died at 93
Krishna Sobti was an Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel Zindaginama and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest award of the Akademi. In 2017, she received the Jnanpith Award for her contribution to Indian literature.
Krishna Sobti is read about 23 times a day, in 29 languages.
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2019Died25 January 20192017Jnanpith AwardAward1996Fellow of the Sahitya AkademiAward1980Sahitya Akademi AwardAward1925Born18 February 1925
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India
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Writers
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1925 to 2019 · aged 93
