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'''Chitra Mudgal''' (born 10 December 1943) is an Indian Writer and one of the leading literary figures of modern [[Hindi]] literature.<br />
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She is the first Indian woman to receive the coveted [[Vyas Samman]] for her novel ''Avaan''.<br />
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In 2019 she was awarded India's highest literary award, the [[Sahitya Akademi]], for her novel ''Post Box No. 203, Naalasopara''.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Chitra Mudgal was born in [[Chennai]] on 10 December 1943.<ref name="Auto80-1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 March 2016 |archive-date=11 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081824/http://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She received her M.A. in [[Hindi Literature]] from the [[SNDT Women's University]]. She married Awadh Narain Mudgal, former Editor of "Sarika", against her father's wish.<ref name=Trib>{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041205/edit.htm#3 | title=Chitra Mudgal: A rare writer in Hindi | first=Harihar | last=Swarup | date=5 December 2004 | newspaper=The Tribune | accessdate=10 May 2018 }}</ref><br />
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==Literary work==<br />
Her novel 'Aavaan', portrayed the lives and times of the trade union movement when nearly 300,000 workers spearheaded by [[Datta Samant]] went on a year long strike of the Mumbai textile mills, which finally saw the collapse of the city's trademark industry. This work has been unanimously acknowledged by the critics as a masterpiece of literary work and stands as a classic novel in Hindi Literature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html|title=Download CV|last=Admin|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513013307/https://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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The plot of her novel ''Aavaan'' was conceived following the murder of a committed trade union leader, [[Shankar Guha Niyogi]].<ref name="Trib" /> His murder was in fact followed by the murder of another popular unionist of Bombay, Datta Samant.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}} Subsequently, another labour leader of Madhya Pradesh, from Maihar, was killed.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}<br />
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The murder of Datta Samant, who was her guide and philosopher, "shattered her" and became the bases of her novel ''Aavaan''.<ref name=Trib /><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 2000 – [[Indu Sharma Katha Samman|Indu Sharma International Katha Samman]] for novel 'Aavaan'<ref name="Auto80-1"/><br />
* 2003 – Vyas Sammaan by the Birla Foundation for her novel 'Aavaan'<br />
* 2018 – [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for her novel "Postbox no.203 Nalasopara".<ref>{{Cite web|title=पोस्ट बॉक्स नं. 203-नाला सोपारा को लेकर लेखिका चित्रा मुद्गल ने खोले अहम राज|url=https://m.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-ncr-chitra-mudgal-honors-sahitya-akademi-awards-2018-jagran-special-18720220.html|access-date=2021-02-18|website=m.jagran.com|language=hi}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030317094056/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/26/stories/2002122600810200.htm Writer without a pause, pen for a cause ]<br />
* [http://www.streeshakti.com/Chitra-Mudgal.aspx Streeshakti – The Parallel Force]<br />
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