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Nand Kishore Acharya

Indian playwright, poet, and critic

Indian playwright, poet, and critic

Nand Kishore Acharya is an Indian playwright, poet, and critic His plays, poems criticism, articles on issues of contemporary concerns and on education and his translations have been praised. Ajneya called him the "inimitable bard of the beauty of the desert". He has translated many classical as well as modern and contemporary poets including Riocaan, Brodsky and Lorca and the works of M.N. Roy. He has been Awarded with Rajasthan SahityaAkademi's highest honour Mira Award, Bihari Puraskar All India play writing honour Bhuvaneshwar Award & Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award & Bhuwalaka Award.