Shanker Shesh was an Indian playwright, author, poet and story writer.

Biography

Shanker was born on 2 October 1933 in Bilaspur,

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, British India. He did his higher education in

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and

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. He got his Ph.D. from

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in 1964. Shesh was associated with

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

from 1956 and remained associated throughout his life. While being appointed as the Chief Hindi Officer of

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, he continued to do playwriting and other creative work. He was also fluent in

Marathi Language Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one o ...

and also translated some marathi plays in hindi. Shesh died on 28 October 1981 in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.

Work

Films

Plays

Awards and honors

Shesh was honored with the Aashirwaad Award by the government of

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for his plays ''Gharaonda'' and ''Dooriyaan''.Honorary award for Shankar Shesh by the Madhya Pradesh Government

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* {{IMDb name, nm11675995 Indian dramatists and playwrights 1933 births Year of death missing