SAHITYA SAMMELAN TO PUBLISH A BIORGRAPHICAL VOLUME OF WRITERS FROM BIHAR

SAHITYA SAMMELAN TO PUBLISH A BIORGRAPHICAL VOLUME OF WRITERS FROM BIHAR

24-OCT-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

PATNA-------------------------The Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan is launching an ambitious series dedicated to documenting the lives and works of writers from Bihar. Each volume in this series will feature 100 writers and will be titled ‘Parichay-Shatak’ (A Century of Profiles). Every featured writer will be allotted three to four pages—one page for their biographical profile and the remaining pages for their literary works. The series will be titled ‘Bihar ke Sahityakar’ (Writers of Bihar), with subsequent volumes designated as ‘Pratham Shatak’ (First Century), ‘Dwitiya Shatak’ (Second Century), and so on.

This decision was reached during the inaugural meeting of the Sammelan’s newly constituted Publication Committee, held under the chairmanship of Dr. Anil Sulabh. Writers from Bihar are requested to submit their biographical details, an updated photograph, and a selection of their representative works to the Sammelan’s publication department at the earliest. The first volume will feature the first 100 writers whose submissions are received.

The committee also decided that, in addition to creative literature, the Sammelan will publish textbooks for students. Furthermore, to foster an interest in the Hindi language and literature among students and to nurture their talent, the organization will host poetry recitation and short-story writing competitions. Selected entries from 100 students in each category will be compiled into a collective volume, titled ‘Bihar ke Chhatra-Sahityakar’ (Student-Writers of Bihar).

The meeting was attended by Committee Chairperson Dr. Poonam Anand, Convener Sagarika Rai, senior member and retired IAS officer Bachcha Thakur, noted fiction writer Chitt Ranjan Bharti, Dr. Seema Rani, and Dr. Seema Yadav.