New Delhi, Jan 25 : Jnanpith awardee renowned Hindi writer Krishna Sobti, passed away here on Friday.
She was 94.
Famous poet and Sanskrit writer Ashok Vajpayee told UNI that Ms Sobti passed away at 0830 hrs in a private hospital.
She had been ailing for a very long time.
“Her death is an irreparable loss to Hindi Literature,” he said.
Her funeral will be held at the Electrical Cemetery of Nigam Bodh Ghat at 1600 hrs.
Born in 1925, Krishna Sobti was known for writing about issues of female identity and sexuality.
She received prestigious awards like Sahitya Akademi, Jnanpith and was also offered Padma Bhushan, which she had declined.
Krishna Sobti’s novels
Zindaginama, considered one of her most acclaimed works, brought Sobti her Sahitya Akademi award – the first for any woman Hindi writer. A rambling narrative spanning across decades, it incorporates several dialects of Hindi, which makes it a unique literary text.
Sobti’s Mitro Marajani, published in 1966, was an unapologetic portrayal of a married woman’s sexuality and had stunned the Hindi world when it was released.
She also wrote Hum Hashmat under a male pseudonym. Her other popular work includes Ae Ladki (1991).
In 2018, Sobti released a fictionalised autobiographical novel titled ‘Gujarat Pakistan se Gujarat Hindustan’.
Some of her celebrated works include Daar Se Bichhudi’, Dil-o-Danish, Badalom ke Ghere, Surajmukhi Andhere Ke, and Samay Sargam among others.
