Sanwar Daiya

Sanwar Daiya
Born	(1948-10-10)10 October 1948 Bikaner, Rajasthan
Died	30 July 1992(1992-07-30) (aged 43) Bikaner, Rajasthan
Occupation	writer, Poet, scholar, philosopher and cultural critic
Nationality	Indian
Period	1948-1998
Genre	fiction, poetry, Satire, critic
Subject	socialist
Spouse	Santi Devi
Children	Neeraj, Rajesh
Website
www.sanwardaiya.blogspot.com

Sanwar Daiya was a well-known Modern Rajasthani writer and translator in Rajasthani and Hindi. He received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 for "Ek Duniya Mahari"(Collection of Rajasthani short-story). He served for many literary institutes of national.

Works

He wrote Man-gat, Kal ar Aaj re Bichchai, Huve Rang Hajar, Akhar Ri Aankh Soon and short stories collections including Ek Duniya Mahari, Asawade Paswade, Ek Hi Jilad me, Dharti Kad Tani Dhumeli. His collection of Rajasthani short-story, Ek Duniya Mahari received the Sahitya Akademi Award 1985.

He translated Anil Joshi’ Stechyoo in Rajasthani.

Awards

He was awarded by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi for his "Ek Duniya mahri" in 1985. He was awarded with Ganeshilal Vyas ‘Ustad’ Padhya Puraskar and Dr. L P Tessitory Gadhya Puruskar.