Gopichand National Literary Award is instituted in 2007 to honour the best of literates in various languages in India. The recipient for this year will be Padmasri Jeelani Bano.
Tripuraneni Gopichand was a Radical humanist, Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright and film director. Gopichand was son of renowned a social reformer,and play writer Tripuraneni Ramaswamy. Gopichand inspired by M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism,and became the first state secretary of Radical Democratic Party (India) Andhra Pradesh. His second novel 'Asamardhuni Jeevana Yatra' (Bungler: A Journey Through Life). Gopichand posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for"Panditha Parameshwara Sastry Veelunama", in 1963 first Telugu novel to win this award.
Yuvakalavahini, one of the leading literary, cultural organisations, is conducting Gopichand Literary Award Presentation Functions since 1987 to honour the best of literature. They are conducting Gopichand Literary Award Presentation Functions since 1987 [Sri Ravsastry, Kaalipatnam Ramarao, Dasaradhy Rangacharya and Vasireddy Sitadev, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna among others]. Gopichand National Literary Award is being given since 2007.
The previous Gopichand National Literary Awardees are Dr. Siva Sankari (Tamil), 'Jnanapeeth' Dr. Prathibha Roi (Oriya) and 'Jnanapeeth' Dr. Ravuri Bhradwaja and Dr. Ampasayya Naveen [Telugu].
Prestigious Gopichand National Literary Award which will be held on 2nd November, 2014 at Hyderabad. The awardee this year will be renowned Urdu story writer and poet Padmasri Jeelani Bano.
The Gopichand National Literary Award consists Rs. 25,000/- cash, Citation & Sheild.
Jeelani Bano is one of the most famous writers in Urdu. She belongs to the city of Hyderabad and so her novels and short stories depict the social, cultural and political scenario of the place. According to Naseeruddin Hashmi, “In the beginning she wrote on films and then started writing fiction and at present she is on the list of top writers of India and Pakistan.” (Deccan Main Urdu 1963 P 1056-57) She was born on 14th July 1936 in Badayun in Uttar Pradesh. She inherited the literary talent from her father, a well-known poet Hairat Badayuni. She was brought up in a purely literary atmosphere. The literary atmosphere and the visits of many progressive writers, Sajjad Zaheer, Maqdoom Mohiuddin, Raj Bahadur Goud, Jigar Murad Abadi, Krishan Chander, Majrooh Sultan Puri, to her house played an important role in developing her personality. She developed the hobby of reading right from her childhood. At an early age she read Sadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chugtai, Meer, Ghalib, Iqbal, Gorky, Chekov, Maupassant, Bedi, Faiz, Majaz, Qurratul-Ain-Hyder, and Ahmed Nadeem Quasimi besides the above mentioned writers. The impact of these writers affected her art of writing and blessed her with maturity of thought. She wrote in her own style and she did not make any particular writer her ideal, She wrote her first short story in 1952, “Ek Nazar Idhar Bhi” (A Glance Hither). Her best-known short story, “Moum Ki Mariam” was published in the journal Savera, which was received with great warmth, both by the literary men of that age and also by the readers. Her first collection of stories was “Raushni ke Minar” and her first novel was “Aiwaan-e-ghazal”. Her other novels are “Baarish-e-Sang”, “Nirvaan”. “Jugnu aur Sitare” “Naghme Ka Safar.” Her other Collections of stories are: Paraya Ghar, Raat ke Musafir, Roz ka Qissa, Yeh koun Hansa, Tiryaaq, Nayee Aurat, Sach ke siva, Baath Phoolon ki, are an addition to Urdu literature. She is a skilled writer. Her stories are an image of the social life of our era. She throws light upon the evils and ills of the society and politics. She picturizes boldly the downfall of the Jagirdari system and its causes. When she started her career as a writer the progressive movement was at its height. The jagirdari system was coming to an end, giving place to a new system. The peasants revolted against the jagirdars and fought for their rights and justice. The changing situation affected her thoughts and her literary talent. Every writer gets influenced by his age and period and we find a clear picture of the age in her works. The political, social, economical and cultural conditions of society have a realistic reflection in her works. Qamar Rais expresses the opinion, “Problems posed by the abolition of the Zamindari system and the rapid industrialization in the country have been consummately portrayed by the writers like Anwar Azim, Qazi Abdussattar, Iqbal Mateen, Kalam Hyderi, Jeelani Bano, Raza Sajjad Zaheer, Ram lal, Ratan Singh, Ghayas Ahmed Gaddi, Ahmed Yousuf and others.” (October Revolution: Impact on Indian literature-Impact on Urdu Literature).
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