Key facts
- Born
- 18 February 1925, Gujrat
- Died
- 25 January 2019, New Delhi
- State of birth
- Gujrat
- Sector
- Literature & writing
- Profession
- Indian writer (1925–2019)
- Gender
- Female
Biography
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.
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Timeline
- 1925Born in Gujrat
- 1980Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
- 1996Awarded the Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi
- 2017Awarded the Jnanpith Award
- 2019Dies in New Delhi
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Mukul Dube from Delhi, India