Harishankar Parsai

Who was Harishankar Parsai?

Harishankar Parsai was a Hindi writer. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style.

He was born in Jamnia village near Itarsi in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. He completed his M.A. in English from R.T.M. Nagpur University.He was also a pilot in the world war 2. After pursuing writing along with his service for some time, he quit his job and took writing as a full-time career. He settled in Jabalpur and started a literature magazine called Vasudha. Despite of it being highly praised, he had to stop the magazine after the publication suffered economic losses.

The great satirist left this world on August 10, 1995 in Jabalpur.

He won Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982, for his satire, "Viklaang Shraddha ka daur" 'विकलांग श्रद्धा का दौर'

Hari Shankar Parsai used to give answers of readers in a column "POOCHHIYE PARSAI SE" in a Hindi News paper DESHBANDHU published from Raipur and Jabalpur.