Swadesh Deepak

Swadesh Deepak (born 1943) is an Indian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. Deepak has been active on the Hindi literary scene since the mid-1960s and is best known for Court Martial, a 1991 play. Deepak's most recent book is Maine Mandu Nahin Dekha, a volume of memoirs.

Awards and honours

Deepak won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2004.

Books

Collections of short stories

• Ashwarohi / अश्वारोही (1973)
• Maatam / मातम (1978)
• Tamaasha / तमाशा (1979)
• Pratinidhi Kahaniyan / प्रतिनिधि कहानियां (1985)
• Bal Bhagwaan / बाल भगवान (1986)
• Kisi Apriya Ghatna Ka Samachar Nahin / किसी अप्रिय घटना का समाचार नहीं (1990)
• Maskhare Kabhi Nahin Rote / मसखरे कभी नहीं रोते (1997)
• Nirvachit Kahaniyan / निर्वाचित कहानियां (2003)
• Bagugoshe / बगूगोशे (2017)

Novels

• Number 57 Squadron / नंबर ५७ स्क्वाड्रन (1973)
• Mayapot / मायापोत (1985)

Plays

• Natak Bal Bhagwan / नाटक बाल भगवान (1989)
• Court Martial / कोर्ट मार्शल (1991)
• Jalta Hua Rath / जलता हुआ रथ (1998)
• Sabse Udaas Kavita / सबसे उदास कविता (1998)
• Kaal Kothari / काल कोठरी (1999)

Memoirs

• Maine Mandu Nahin Dekha / मैंने मांडू नहीं देखा (2003)

References

External links

• Translation of a Short Story by Swadesh Deepak (from The Little Magazine)
• Media Feature on Swadesh Deepak
• Swadesh Deepak, sir, a poem by Samartha Vashishtha
• Synopsis and Reviews of Court Martial
• News about Swadesh Deepak Court Martial
• Court Martial at FTII, by Swatantra Theatre PUNE
• https://amitspecial.blogspot.in/2013/03/where-is-swadesh-deepak.html