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{{short description|Indian poet}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chandrakant Devtale
| native_name_lang = hi
| native_name = चन्द्रकान्त देवतले
| birth_name = Chandrakant Devtale
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|11|07}}
| birth_place = Jaulkheda, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|
08|14|1936|11|07}}
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian people|Indian]]
| children = Anupriya Devtale
}}

'''Chandrakant Devatale''' (7 November 1936 – 14 August 2017) was an author and poet of Sathotari [[Hindi poetry]].<ref name="jiv">{{Cite web|last=eBiography|title=चंद्रकांत देवताले जीवनी - Biography of Chandrakant Devtale in Hindi Jivani|url=https://jivani.org/Biography/611/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80---biography-of-chandrakant-devtale-in-hindi-jivani|access-date=2020-07-22|website=jivani.org}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=July 2021}} He has been associated with{{vague|date=July 2020}} teaching work in higher education. He won the [[Makhanlal Chaturvedi]] Award,{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} a prominent literature honour of the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]].

== Early life and education ==
Devatale was born in Jaulkheda, a village District in [[Betul, Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="jiv" /> He completed his higher education from [[Indore]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[Sagar University]].He started writing poetry in 1952 and by 1960 he was published in all major literary magazines in Hindi. He has written more than 500 poems. His daughter Anupriya Devtale is considered among the top class of Violin players from India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deotale|first=Anupriya|date=|title=Anupriya Deotale|url=https://in.linkedin.com/in/anupriyaviolin|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Major works ==
Devtale's major works are as follows:

* हड्डियों में छिपा ज्वर (Fever hidden in bones)
* दीवारों पर खून से (On the walls with blood)
* लकड़बग्घा हँस रहा है (Hyena laughing)
* रोशनी के मैदान की तरफ़ (Towards the field of light)
* भूखंड तप रहा है (Plot is heating)
* हर चीज़ आग में बताई गई थी (Everything was told in the fire)
* पत्थर की बैंच (Stone Bench)
* पत्थर रोशनी (The Stone Light)
* उजाड़ में संग्रहालय (Museum in Desh)<ref>{{Cite web|title=चन्द्रकान्त देवताले - कविता कोश|url=http://kavitakosh.org/kk/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87|access-date=2020-07-21|website=kavitakosh.org|language=hi}}</ref>

He wrote many more poems and articles about the life of poor and unprivileged people of India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=क्या सिर्फ अच्छा होना काफी है - वरिष्ठ हिंदी कवि चंद्रकांत देवताले - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNhx1RstBXA|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> His Poem "यमराज की दिशा" (Direction of [[Yama|Yamraj]]) has been published in [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|National Council of Education Research & Training]] (NCERT)Textbook "क्षितिज" (Kshitij) for Class IX.<ref>{{Cite web|title=class nine hindi chandrakant devtale yamraj ki disha question answer|url=https://www.excellup.com/classnine/ninehindi/chandrakant_qna.aspx|access-date=2020-09-10|website=www.excellup.com}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
Devtale received awards including:

* Muktibodh Fellowship
* [[Makhanlal Chaturvedi]] Kavita Award<ref>{{Cite web|last=WD|title=Chandrakant Devatale {{!}} पत्थर फेंक रहा हूं : चंद्रकांत देवताले का काव्य संग्रह|url=http://hindi.webdunia.com/hindi-books-review/पत्थर-फेंक-रहा-हूं-चंद्रकांत-देवताले-का-काव्य-संग्रह-112122100040_1.htm|access-date=2020-07-22|website=hindi.webdunia.com|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]]'s Shikhar Samman
* Srijan Bharti Samman
* Kavita Samay Award.

Translations of his poems have been made in [[Languages of India|Indian languages]] and foreign languages.

Devatale's poetry has its roots in the life of the villages and the lower middle class.<ref>{{Cite web|last=सिंह|first=रमाशंकर|date=2017-08-16|title=चंद्रकांत देवताले की कविताएं इंसानी तमीज़ की कविताएं हैं|url=http://thewirehindi.com/16017/chandrakant-devtale-hindi-poet-death/|access-date=2020-07-22|website=The Wire - Hindi}}</ref> In it, human life is present with its diversity and irony. While there is anger against the ugliness of the system in the poet, there is also human love. He says his words directly and deadly.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
Devtale died on 14 August 2017 due to a long illness.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=चंद्रकांत देवताले: सच का सामना और प्रेम के तारों से जुड़ा काव्य संकल्प...|url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/chandrakant-devtale-and-their-top-5-hindi-kavita|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>

== References ==
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* {{Cite web|title=Remembering Chandrakant Devtale|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/people/remembering-chandrakant-devtale|access-date=2020-07-31|website=National Herald|first=Vishnu|last=Khare|date=9 September 2018}}
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[[Category:Poets from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Betul, Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Hindi-language poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]

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