Dr. Sher Singh Bisht: One of Immutable Pillars of Kumaoni Literature and Language

Bhishma Kukreti

               The contribution of Dr Sher Singh Bisht for developing, preserving Kumaoni literature is always memorable. Dr Sher Singh Bisht contributed for Kumaoni literature by various means.  

            Dr Sher Singh Bisht was born in a remote village Dungra, Chaugarkha region of Almora, Uttarakhand on 10^th March 1953.

  After passing post graduating in Hindi, Sher Singh got PhD in Vaishnav Dharm Sampradayon ke Darshanik Siddhant aur Krishna Bhakti kavya. Dr Bisht is D.Lit.

Dr Sher Singh Bisht is head of Hindi department Kumaon University , Almora.

              Dr Sher Singh Bisht is one of the renowned Hindi Literature creators.

However, his contribution for developing and preserving the Kumaon literature is immense. Dr Bisht published many Hindi books on Hindi poetry criticism.

 Dr Sher Singh Bisht published following books on Kumaoni literature-

1-Hindi-Kumaoni-English Shabdkosh (Dictionary Hindi-Kumaoni-English)

2-Bharat Mata (Modern Kumaoni poems

3-Ija (Modern Kumaoni Poems)

4-Uchain (Modern Kumaoni Poems)

5-Mankhi (Modern Kumaoni essays)

6- Kumaoni Kahavat kosh   (more than 7000 Kumaoni Proverbs)

The following books related to Kumaoni language are in Hindi

1-Kumaoni Kahvaton me Krishi Viashyak Gyan (co authored)

2-Uttranchal: Bhasha aur Sahtya Sandarbh

3-Kumaon Himalaya ki Boliyon ka Sarvekashan

4-Kumaoni Bhasha aur Sahity ka Udhbhava aur Vikas

 Dr Sher Singh Bisht is awarded by many institutions as Gold medal (1976), Acharya Narendr Dev Paritoshik (1991), Acharya Narendra dev Alankar (1993), UGC career Award (1993-1996), Sumitra Nandan pant Purushkar  (2001), Uttranchal ratna Award (2003), Acharya Hajari Prasad Dwivedi Rashtriy Sahitya Samman  and Arjun Singh Gusain award (2013).

         Language and Literature expert Dr Lakshman Singh Bisht appreciated Dr Sher Singh Bisht for his contribution in developing modern Kumaoni literature.

 Dr Bisht is supporter of Khaspurjia as standard Kumaoni language. 

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 11/11/2013 

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