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 Nagpur University in 1964. Shesh was associated with

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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

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and also translated some marathi plays in hindi. Shesh died on 28 October 1981 in

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, 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