Ravindranath Thakur, 1961 Pehla Sukh : Nirogi Kaya, 1963 Main Achhoot Hoon, 1968 Ek Desh : Ek Hridaya, 1973 Manav Adhikar Nagarikta Ki Aur Theka Others Plays: Prakash aur Parchhaiyan, Barah Ekanki, Ashok संस्मरण: हमसफ़र मिलते रहे Awards and honours Sahitya Akademi Award, 1993 Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award, 1995 Padma Bhushan, 2004 Soviet land nehru award , 1976 for awara masiha Both Sahitya Akademi and Padma Bhushan awards were given for his novel Ardhanarishvara (The Androgynous God or Shiva). References Sources Sandhya Singh (Editor) 2004. Sanvaad Part 2, NCERT, New Delhi 1912 births 2009 deaths Hindi-language writers Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education People from Muzaffarnagar district People from Hisar (city) Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi Writers from Haryana 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian biographers 20th-century Indian essayists 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian short story writers 20th-century Indian male writers