Namvar Singh, a celebrated Hindi author, and literary critic died in New Delhi on Tuesday night at the age of 92.
Singh breathed his last at 11.51 pm at the All India Institute of Medical Science's Trauma Centre, family sources said.
While taking to Facebook, Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic Om Thanvi posted about the author's demise and said that the cremation ceremony of the author is scheduled to take place at the Lodi crematorium on Wednesday afternoon.
"The Hindi literary world has plunged into darkness. Noteworthy thinker and a harbinger of Hindi literature passed away," Thanvi wrote.
Born on July 28, 1926, in a village in Varanasi, Namvar Singh received a PhD degree from Banaras Hindu University and began his teaching career at the same university.
He later taught Hindi literature in several other universities.
Singh, who was the first chairman of JNU’s Centre of Indian Languages, retired from the university in 1992.
He, however, continued to remain as a 'professor emeritus'.
Namvar Singh wasn't just a Hindi literature legend, but also a renowned author.
He has authored over a dozen works. Prominent among them are 'Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman', ' Chhayavaad' and 'Dusari Parampara Ki Khoj' among others.
He has received the Sahitya Akademi award for literary criticism in the year 1971 for 'Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman'.
The author has also been the Editor of magazines 'Janyug' and 'Alochana'.
Singh had been the former president of the All India Progressive Writers' Association (AIPWA), and has also contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections as a Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate in 1959 from Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh.
May his soul rest in peace.
