(1924-12-16)16 December 1924 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died
9 January 2004(2004-01-09) (aged 79) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation
Poet, playwright, art critic, editor
Citizenship
• British India (1924-1947) • India (1947-2004)
Period
1952–2004
Genre
Modern Indian English Poetry
Notable work
Night of the Scorpion; Latter Day Psalms
Notable awards
Sahitya Akademi Award (1983) Padma Shri (1988)
Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) [1] was an Indian poet, actor, playwright, editor, and art critic.[2] He was a foundational figure[3] in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian poetry in English.[4]
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for his collection, "Latter-Day Psalms", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[5] Ezekiel has been applauded for his subtle, restrained and well crafted diction, dealing with common and mundane (everyday) themes in a manner that manifests both cognitive profundity, as well as an unsentimental, realistic sensibility, that has been influential on the course of succeeding Indian English poetry.
Ezekiel enriched and established Indian English language poetry through his modernist innovations and techniques, which enlarged Indian English literature, moving it beyond purely spiritual and orientalist themes, to include a wider range of concerns and interests, including familial events, individual angst and skeptical societal introspection.[6]
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^Joffe, Lawrence (9 March 2004). "Obituary: Nissim Ezekiel". The Guardian.
^"Nissim Ezekiel Biography and latest books by Nissim Ezekiel". pcds.co.in. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^"A Life in Verse: Honouring Nissim Ezekiel on His Birth Anniversary". thequint.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^"Sahitya Akademi Award - English (Official listings)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010.
^"Indian Writing in English- Nissim Ezekiel". bartleby.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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