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| birth_date = 1934
| birth_place = [[Mirganj, Bihar|Mirganj]], [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]], India
| death_date = 2024
| death_place = [[Patna, Bihar|Patna]], [[Bihar]], India
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| occupation = Writer, Lecturer
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Jagdish Prasad Singh''' was an Indian writer who wrote in Hindi and English languages. The [[Government of India]] honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of literature.<ref name="Padma 2013">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91838 | title=Padma 2013 | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=25 January 2013 | access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Jagdish Prasad Singh hails from [[Mirganj, Bihar|Mirganj]] village in [[Rohtas district]] of [[Bihar]], in India. He was a faculty member of the Department of English at [[Magadh University]].<ref name="Google Books" />

He is credited with 10 novels in Hindi, over 200 short stories in Hindi,<ref name="Amazon page">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-Jagdish-Prasad-Singh/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AJagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Amazon page | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> 7 novels in English, and 3 critical studies.<ref name="Google Books">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KU-VHARoSpEC&q=Jagdish+Prasad+Singh+writer&pg=PA155 | title=The Curfew: A Novel | date=2014 | access-date=28 October 2014| last1=Singh | first1=Jagdish Prasad }}</ref><ref name="Critical study">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkUAwHt0RTQC&q=Jagdish+Prasad+Singh+writer&pg=PA47 | title=Critical study | date=2014 | isbn=9788171569458 | access-date=28 October 2014| last1=Singh | first1=Pramod Kumar | publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist }}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Bihars-list-for-Padma-awards-ignored-again/articleshow/18214988.cms | title=Bihar's list for Padma awards ignored, again|work=The Times of India | date=28 January 2013 | author=TNN}}</ref><ref name="Bihar Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2013/Jan/newsbihar28Jan11.html |title=Bihar Times |publisher=Bihar Times |date=2013 |access-date=28 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625053313/http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2013/Jan/newsbihar28Jan11.html |archive-date=25 June 2013 }}</ref> Some of his notable works are ''The Curfew'',<ref name="The Curfew">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KU-VHARoSpEC&q=Jagdish+Prasad+Singh+writer | title=The Curfew | publisher=Mittal Publications | date=1984 | access-date=28 October 2014 | author=Jagdish Prasad Singh | pages=152}}</ref> ''Ganga Snan'',<ref name="Ganga Snan">{{cite book | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Jagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Ganga Snan | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2006 | access-date=28 October 2014 | pages=167 | isbn=9788126712717}}</ref> ''Godhuli''<ref name="Godhuli">{{cite book | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Jagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Godhuli | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2008 | access-date=28 October 2014 | pages=127 | isbn=9788126715756}}</ref> and ''Visangati''.<ref name="Visangati">{{cite book | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Jagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Visangati | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2006 | access-date=28 October 2014 | pages=158 | isbn=9788126712724}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* ''The Curfew''
* ''Ganga Snan''
* ''Visangati''
* ''Bhagirathi''
* ''The Sacred Fire''
* ''Godhuli''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.theindianpanorama.com/2013/04/08/president-confers-padma-awards/ | title=Padma Awards List | publisher=Indian Panorama | date=2014 | access-date=12 October 2014}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KU-VHARoSpEC&q=Jagdish+Prasad+Singh+writer | title=The Curfew | publisher=Mittal Publications | date=1984 | access-date=28 October 2014 | author=Jagdish Prasad Singh | pages=152}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Jagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Ganga Snan | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2006 | access-date=28 October 2014 | pages=167 | isbn=9788126712717}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Jagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Godhuli | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2008 | access-date=28 October 2014 | pages=127 | isbn=9788126715756}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Jagdish%20Prasad%20Singh | title=Visangati | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2006 | access-date=28 October 2014 | pages=158 | isbn=9788126712724}}
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[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
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