Background
He was born on 1 January 1937 in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh (then Madhya Pradesh).
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Vinod Shukla
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His first collection of poems Lagbhag Jai Hind was published in 1971. Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Naya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah was his second collection of poems, published in 1981 by Sambhavna Prakashan. Naukar Ki Kameez(The Servant"s Shirt) was his first novel, brought out in 1979 by the same publisher.
Vinod Kumar Shukla was a guest littérateur at the Nirala Srijanpeeth in AGRA from 1994 to 1996 during which he wrote two novels Khilega To Dekhenge and the refreshing Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi.
The latter has been translated into English by Professor Satti Khanna of Duke University as A Window Lived in a Wall(Publisher: Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2005).
He did his Master of Science in agriculture from JNKVV Jabalpur wherafter he joined as lecturer in Agriculture College Raipur. He was inspired considerably by the poet Muktibodh who was then a lecturer in Hindi at Digvijay College Rajnandgaon where Padumlal Punnalal Buxy was also working.
Baldeo Prasad Mishra was also at Rajnandgaon at the same period.
Vinod Kumar Shukl"s poems have been widely translated. In 2015, Delhi-based author Akhil Katyal translated Shukl"s "Hatasha se ek vyakti baith gaya" into English:.
Awards
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Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.