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Popati Hiranandani

1924–2005, born Hyderabad, writes in Sindhi, writer, novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, translator

Popati Hiranandani was an Indian writer who authored more than sixty books in Sindhi language during her life. She was an essayist, fiction writer, poet, educationist, feminist and social activist. She made significant contributions to Sindhi literature before and after the partition of India. She won several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award (1982), Woman of the Year Award (1988), and the Gaurav Puraskar (1990) among others.

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Awards

1982Sahitya Akademi Award in Sindhi

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Sindhi

Gobind Malhi

1921–2001notable Indian writer in the Sindhi-language (1921-2001)