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- Still, for good or for bad, there was undoubtedly a Namvar Singh era of Hindi literature. However, it was on the decline in recent years, for two reasons. Singh was a critic deeply rooted in the sensibility of modernism. To some extent, post-modernism perplexed him. He was well-versed in the idioms of cold war era.
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Namvar Singh (Hindi: नामवर सिंह) (28 July 1926 – 19 February 2019) was an Indian literary critic, linguist, academician and theoretician. [2][3] He received his doctorate degree from Banaras Hindu University where he also taught for some time. He served as a professor of Hindi literature in several other universities.
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Perhaps life had different plans for Singh. He used to write poetry earlier, but gradually developed as a literary critic. His work on Apbhransh (an old form of the language) and the poetic idiom of Prithwiraj Raso (considered the first poetic work in Hindi) got him great acclaim. His rural Indian sensibility, blended with a Marxist approach, helpe...
But teaching was only one of the vast and varied roles Singh played in the Hindi public sphere. He was a rare scholar with a command over four languages – Hindi, English, Sanskrit and Urdu. He was well acquainted with traditional and classical Indian literature, as well as with contemporary western literature and political philosophies. He was caut...
Undoubtedly this came as a great service to the world of Hindi culture. Singh was like a river that kept on watering Hindi fields and helped them conserve their fertility. In an era when we enjoy the services of the internet, it is hard to imagine a time when the remote areas of the country had no access to new magazines, new books and new knowledg...
Feb 21, 2019 · The death of Hindi literary critic Namvar Singh truly marks the end of an era. What was this era? It was defined by the excitement of creation and an eagerness to sincerely engage with it. It can, therefore, be called a true age of criticism.
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Feb 20, 2019 · नामवर सिंह ने वर्ष 1949 में बनारस हिंदू यूनिवर्सिटी से बी.ए. और 1951 में वहीं से हिंदी में एम.ए. किया. वर्ष 1953 में वह बीएचयू में ही टेंपरेरी ...
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Born in Varanasi in July 1926, Namvar Singh earned an MA and PhD in Hindi literature from the Banaras Hindu University and later taught there. He considered the novelist Hazari Prasad Dwivedi as his guru.
Feb 22, 2019 · Namvar Singh (July 1926- February 2019) has left behind a huge corpus of work after years of dedication to literature. Born in Varanasi, he completed his masters and doctorate at Banaras...
Mar 13, 2019 · Namvar Singh was a tall figure in the world of Hindi literature, and the debates his works engendered kept the critical and creative landscape of Hindi alive for six decades.
