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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1925|2|18}}
| birth_place = [[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|01|25|1925|2|18}}
| death_place = New Delhi, India
| occupation = Fiction writer, essayist
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Shivnath
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| alma_mater = [[Fateh Chand College for Women (Lahore), Hisar|Fateh Chand College for Women, Lahore]] (did not graduate)
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* ''Zindaginama''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" />
* ''Mitro Marajani''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Daar Se Bichchuri''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Surajmukhi Andhere Ke''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" />
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* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1980)<ref name="IndianExpress2015" >{{cite news| url=https://indianexpress.com/photo-news/india/here-are-the-33-writers-who-returned-their-sahitya-akademi-awards/22/ |title=Here are the 33 writers who returned their Sahitya Akademi awards |work=[[Indian Express]] |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]] (1996)<ref name="FirstpostHindi2017" />
* [[Jnanpith Award]] (2017)<ref name="FirstpostHindi2017" />
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'''Krishna Sobti''' (18 February 1925 – 25 January 2019) was an Indian [[Hindi]]-language fiction writer and essayist.<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /><ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" /> She won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1980 for her novel ''Zindaginama''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /><ref name="IndianExpress2015" /> and in 1996, was awarded the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], the highest award of the Akademi.<ref name="FirstpostHindi2017" /> In 2017, she received the [[Jnanpith Award]] for her contribution to Indian literature.<ref name="FirstpostHindi2017" />

Sobti is best known for her 1966 novel ''Mitro Marajani'', an unapologetic portrayal of a married woman's sexuality. She was also the recipient of the first Katha Chudamani Award, in 1999, for Lifetime Literary Achievement, apart from winning the Shiromani Award in 1981, Hindi Academy Award in 1982, Shalaka Award of the Hindi Academy Delhi<ref>[http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/lekhak/k/krishna_sobti.htm Profile] www.abhivyakti-hindi.org.</ref> and in 2008, her novel ''Samay Sargam'' was selected for Vyas Samman, instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207194706/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/01/stories/2008020159020400.htm Vyas Samman for Sobti’s novel ''Samay Sargam''] [[The Hindu]], 1 February 2008.</ref>

Considered the ''grande dame'' of [[Hindi literature]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090306183323/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/09/18/stories/2005091800210400.htm Uniquely Sobti] [[The Hindu]], 18 September 2005. </ref> Krishna Sobti was born in [[Gujrat city|Gujrat]], Punjab, now in [[Pakistan]]; she also wrote under the name ''Hashmat'' and has published Hum Hashmat, a compilation of pen portraits of writers and friends. Her other novels are ''Daar Se Bichchuri, Surajmukhi Andhere Ke'', ''Yaaron Ke Yaar'', ''Zindaginama''. Some of her well-known short stories are ''Nafisa, Sikka Badal gaya, Badalom ke ghere''.<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /> A selection of her major works are published in ''Sobti Eka Sohabata''.<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /> A number of her works are now available in English and Urdu.<ref name=Translation>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/Authorselect.asp?Author=Krishna+Sobti|title=Author page|access-date=8 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207200907/http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/Authorselect.asp?Author=Krishna+Sobti|archive-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2005, ''Dil-o-Danish'', translated into ''The Heart Has Its Reasons'' in English by Reema Anand and Meenakshi Swami of [[Katha Books]], won the Crossword Award in the Indian Language Fiction Translation category.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070528165820/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/29/stories/2006032902960200.htm Another award in her kitty] [[The Hindu]], New Delhi, 29 March 2006.</ref> Her publications have been translated to multiple Indian and foreign languages such as Swedish, Russian and English.<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />

== Biography ==
Sobti was born on 18 February 1925 in [[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]] city of the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab province]] of [[British India]], ([[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]], became a part of [[Pakistan]] after partition).<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" /><ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /> She was educated in Delhi and [[Shimla]]. She attended school along with her three siblings, and her family worked for the colonial British government.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reviews-essays/singular-and-plural-krishna-sobti|title=Singular and Plural: Krishna Sobti's unique picture of a less divided India|last=Gupta|first=Trisha|date=1 September 2016|work=The Caravan|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> She initially began her higher education at [[Fateh Chand College for Women (Lahore), Hisar|Fatehchand College]] in [[Lahore]], but returned to India when the [[Partition of India]] took place.<ref name=":0" /> Immediately after partition, she worked for two years as a governess to Maharaja Tej Singh (b.1943), the child-Maharaja of [[Sirohi State|Sirohi]] in Rajasthan, India.<ref name=":0" /> In her old age, when she was past her 70th birthday, she married [[Dogri language|Dogri]] writer Shivnath who, by a remarkable coincidence, was born on the same day of the same year as her.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/the-original-rebel|title=The Original Rebel {{!}} OPEN Magazine|website=OPEN Magazine|date=15 June 2016 |language=en|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> The couple settled into his flat in [[Mayur Vihar]] near [[Patparganj]] in East Delhi. Shivnath died a few years later, and Krishna continued to reside alone in the same apartment.

She died on 25 January 2019, in Delhi after a long illness.<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/krishna-sobti-grand-dame-of-hindi-literature-dies-at-93/story-7ggtaQFwWKfNtDcYha0e8M.html|title=Hindi literature loses one of its leading lights, Krishna Sobti|date=25 January 2019|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>

== Writing ==
Sobti's use of idiomatic [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Urdu]] while writing in [[Hindi]] has expanded over time to include [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] as well.<ref name=":6"/> The intermingling of Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi cultures, influenced the language used in her works.<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" /> She was known for using new writing styles. The characters in her stories were 'bold', 'daring' and ready to accept challenges.<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" /> Her ability to adapt dialect and language specifically to the region she is writing about has been praised by critics for lending authenticity to her characters.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=krishna+sobti+gujrat+pakistan&pg=PA4126|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|last=Lal|first=Mohan|date=1 January 1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788126012213|pages=4126|language=en}}</ref> It has also been cited as a reason for the difficulty in translating her works to other languages.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&q=krishna+sobti+gujrat+pakistan&pg=PA304|title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing|last=Miller|first=Jane Eldridge|date=24 March 2017|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415159807|pages=64|language=en}}</ref> Although Sobti's works deal closely with issues of female identity and sexuality, she has resisted being labelled as a 'woman writer' and has spoken of the importance of occupying both, masculine and feminine viewpoints, as a writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2009/09/the-insomniac/|title=The Insomniac|last=Gupta|first=Trisha|website=www.tehelka.com|language=en-US|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201730/http://www.tehelka.com/2009/09/the-insomniac/|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Her writing style and idiom, as also her choice of subjects, has attracted some amount of criticism. It has been said that she uses too much profanity in her writings, often gratuitously, and that her style of writing is "unliterary."<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/such-a-long-journey-4709082/|title=Krishna Sobti on her childhood, days of Independence and the crisis of contemporary India|date=27 June 2018}}</ref> She has also been accused of being obsessed with sex, the redeeming feature being that descriptions of sex in her works are always from the perspective of a woman character,<ref name="indianexpress.com"/> and no work of fiction ever produced by her has failed to feature at least one intensely sexualised woman character. A selection of her major works are published in ''Sobti Eka Sohabata''.<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /> Her publications have been translated to multiple Indian and foreign languages such as Swedish, Russian and English.<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />

=== Fiction ===
[[File:Krishna Sobti photo.png|thumb|Krishna Sobti]]
Sobti initially established herself as a writer of short stories, with her stories ''Lama'' (about a Tibetan Buddhist priest), and ''Nafisa'' being published in 1944.<ref name=":2" /> In the same year, she also published her famous story about the [[Partition of India|Partition]] of India, called ''Sikka Badal Gaya,'' which she sent to [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]], a fellow writer and the editor of the journal, Prateek, who accepted it for publication without any changes.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/2UCsyjulIq455TpCF2wroK/Hindi-is-an-epic-language-Krishna-Sobti.html|title=Hindi is an epic language: Krishna Sobti|last=Kuruvilla|first=Elizabeth|date=13 May 2016|work=livemint.com/|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> Sobti has cited this incident as confirming her choice to write professionally.<ref name=":6"/>

==== ''Zindaginama'' ====
Sobti submitted the manuscript of her first novel, titled ''Channa'', to the Leader Press in Allahabad in 1952.<ref name=":0" /> The manuscript was accepted and printed, however, Sobti found on receiving proofs that the Press had made textual alterations, and consequently sent them a telegram asking them to cease printing.Sobti has said that the alterations included linguistic changes that altered her use of Punjabi and Urdu words to Sanskrit words.<ref name=":0" />

She withdrew the book from publication, and paid to have the printed copies destroyed.<ref name=":0" /> She was subsequently persuaded by Sheela Sandhu, publisher at [[Rajkamal Prakashan]], to revisit the manuscript, and it was published by Rajkamal Prakashan as ''Zindaginama'': ''Zinda Rukh'' in 1979 after extensive rewriting''.''<ref name=":0" /> Sobti went on to win the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Zindaginama'' in 1980. ''Zindaginama'': ''Zinda Rukh'' is nominally an account of rural life in a village in [[Punjab (region)|Punjab]], in the early 1900s, but addresses political and social concerns of the time.<ref name=":1" /> It has been described by the writer and critic Trisha Gupta as a "universally acclaimed part of the Hindi literary canon."<ref name=":0" /> Nand Kishore Naval, a critic, has referred to it as "the most comprehensive, sympathetic, and sensitive treatment of the peasants" in Hindi literature since [[Munshi Premchand]].<ref name="Tribune2001">{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Nirupama |title=A total commitment to writing |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011125/herworld.htm |access-date=25 January 2019 |newspaper=The Tribune |date=25 November 2001 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615033513/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011125/herworld.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
; Litigation against Amrita Pritam

Soon after ''Zindaginama'' was republished, the poet, novelist and essayist [[Amrita Pritam]] published a book titled ''Hardatt Ka Zindaginama.'' Sobti filed a suit in 1984 for damages against Pritam, claiming that Pritam had violated her copyright through the use of a similar title.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/krishna-sobti-versus-amrita-pritam-in-a-long-tug-of-war-over-zindaginama/story-EXOZbU3exlDTB0WDnRraLM.html|title=Krishna Sobti vs Amrita Pritam in a long tug-of-war over 'Zindaginama'|date=3 May 2016|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> The suit was litigated for 26 years and was ultimately decided in favour of Pritam, six years after Pritam's death, in 2011.<ref name=":4" /> Part of the delay was caused by the disappearance of a box of evidence containing original manuscripts of both, Pritam's and Sobti's novels, from the court.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sobti-pritam-script-26yrold-battle-over-title/599763/|title=Sobti, Pritam script 26-yr-old battle over title – Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> Sobti has since expressed disappointment at the outcome of the suit, noting that her original plan of writing ''Zindaginama'' as part of a trilogy was interrupted by the litigation.<ref name=":6"/><ref name=":5" />

==== Other works ====
Sobti published several other novels to acclaim. ''Dar Se Bichhadi'' (''Separated from the door of the house''), published in 1958, was set in pre-Partition India, and concerned a child born from a marriage that crossed religious and social boundaries.<ref name=":2" /> This was followed by ''Mitro Marjani'' (''To Hell with you Mitro!),'' in 1966, a novel set in rural Punjab that concerned a young married woman's exploration and assertion of her sexuality.<ref name=":2" /> ''Mitro Marjani'' was translated to English by Gita Rajan and Raji Narasimha as ''To Hell with You, Mitro'' and propelled Sobti to fame.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/nikhil-govind-on-krishna-sobtis-book-mitro-marjani-that-turns-50/article8396652.ece|title=Mitro Marjani turns 50|last=Govind|first=Nikhil|work=The Hindu|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> Scholar and critic Nikhil Govind has said that ''Mitro Marjani'' "allowed the Hindi novel to break out of the straitjacket of social realism, or the more stereotyped notions of ‘women's fiction’."<ref name=":7" /> Her next novel, ''Surajmukhi Andhere Ke'' (''Sunflowers of the Dark'') was published in 1972 and dealt with a woman's struggle to come to terms with childhood abuse, and was preceded by two novellas in 1968, ''Yaaron Ke Yaar'' (''Friends of Friends'') and ''Tin Pahar.''<ref name=":2" /> ''Ai Ladki,'' (''Hey Girl'') a more recent novel, narrates the relationship between an old woman on her deathbed and her daughter, who acts as her companion and nurse.<ref name=":2" /> Sobti has also written a novel that is a fictionalised autobiography, titled ''Gujrat Pakistan Se Gujarat Hindustan Taq (From Gujrat, Pakistan, to Gujarat, India'').<ref name=":6" /> Her most recent novel is ''Dil-o-Danish'' (''Heart and Mind'').<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />

=== Non-fiction ===
Beginning in the 1960s, Sobti has also published a series of short profiles and columns under masculine pseudonym '''Hashmat'''. These were compiled and published as ''Ham Hashmat'' in 1977'','' and included profiles of [[Bhisham Sahni]], [[Nirmal Verma]], and Namwar Singh.<ref name=":2" /> She has said, concerning her pseudonym that, "We both have different identities. I protect, and he reveals; I am ancient, he is new and fresh; we operate from opposite directions."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/partition-hashmat-krishna-sobti/story-4b16WdOoDzkjLUBWNcmhnM.html|title=Partition, Hashmat & Krishna Sobti|date=12 April 2006|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> Her columns, written as Hashmat, have won praise from authors and critics, including the writer [[Ashok Vajpeyi]], who said of them that "Nobody has written so endearingly of writers."<ref name=":0" /> as well as from Sukrita Paul Kumar, who has suggested that the use of a male pseudonym enabled Sobti to write without inhibition about her peers.<ref name=":0" />

== Works ==
A list of some of her major works is below.
===Novels===
* ''Zindaginama''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress">{{cite web |title=Krishna Sobti – Hindi Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress, New Delhi Office) |url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/krishnasobti.html |website=www.loc.gov |publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
* ''Mitro Marjani''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Daar Se Bichchudi''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Surajmukhi Andhere Ke''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" />
* ''Yaaron Ke Yaar'' (Friend of Friends)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist">{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Kuldeep |title=Krishna Sobti: The original feminist |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/the-original-feminist/article22827321.ece |access-date=25 January 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=23 February 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* ''Samay Sargam'' (Time's Musical Notes)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Ai Ladaki''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Zindaginama''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* '' Dil-o-Danish''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Badalon ke Ghere'' (Circles of Clouds)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Gujarat Pakistan Se Gujarat Hindustan'' (From Gujarat in Pakistan to Gujarat in India)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Hum Hashmat''<ref name="NavbharatTimes2017" />
* ''Tin Pahad''<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Muktibodh: Ek Vyaktitva Sahi Ki Talash Mein'', (Muktibodh: A Personality in Search of Right)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Shabdon Ke Alok Mein'', (In the Light of Words),<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Sobti Ek Sohbat'', (Sobti: A Company),<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Lekhak Ka Jantantra'', (A Writer’s Democracy)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Marfat Dilli'', (C/O Delhi)<ref name="TheHinduFeminist" />
* ''Jaini Meharban Singh''<ref name="NavbharatTimes2017" />
* ''Buddha ka kamandal Laddakh''<ref name="NavbharatTimes2017">{{cite news |title=कृष्णा सोबती : जिनकी कलम में है नारी आजादी की गूंज |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/mumbai/other-news/krishna-sobati-the-people-whose-pen-is-in-the-echo-of-womenamp39s-freedom/articleshow/61499437.cms |access-date=25 January 2019 |publisher=Navbharat Times |date=4 November 2017 |language=hi}}</ref>

===Translations===
* ''To hell with you Mitro! (''Mitro Marjani'')''<ref name=":7" />
* ''Memory's Daughter (''Daar Se Bichchudi'')''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Listen Girl (''Ai Ladki'')''<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''Zindaginamah – Zinda Rukh'' (Urdu)<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith" />
* ''The Heart Has Its Reasons (''Dil-O-Danish'')''<ref name=Translation/>

===Short stories===
* ''Nafisa''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" />
* ''Sikka Badal gaya''<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" />


==Honours and awards==
Sobti won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Zindaginama'' in 1980.<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /><ref name="IndianExpress2015" /> Sobti was also appointed a [[Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi|Fellow]] of the [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters, in 1996.<ref name="FirstpostHindi2017">{{cite news |title=हिंदी की प्रसिद्ध लेखिका कृष्णा सोबती को 2017 का ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार |url=https://hindi.firstpost.com/culture/krishna-sobati-64729.html |access-date=25 January 2019 |publisher=Firstpost Hindi |date=4 November 2017 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003174123/https://hindi.firstpost.com/culture/krishna-sobati-64729.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the citation given to her following her appointment, the Akademi praised her oeuvre and writing, saying that, "Renewing at every step her five-decade long creativity with fresh insights and dimensions, Krishna Sobti has regarded literature as the true play-field of life, and she has held a formidable mirror to this life."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/library/fellowship_pdf/Krishna%20Sobti.pdf|title=Krishna Sobti|last=Sahitya Akademi|date=1996|website=Sahitya Akademi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202011/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/library/fellowship_pdf/Krishna%20Sobti.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> In 2015, she returned both, the Award, and her Fellowship, citing governmental inaction following riots in [[Dadri]], concerns regarding freedom of speech, as well as comments made by a government minister concerning Hindi writers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/two-more-writers-return-sahitya-akademi-awards-another-resigns/|title=Two more writers return Sahitya Akademi awards, another resigns|date=11 October 2015|work=The Indian Express|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

She was offered the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2010, which she declined, stating that, "As a writer, I have to keep a distance from the establishment. I think I did the right thing."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Look-who-declined-Padma-Bhushan-this-year--two-giants-of-art--literature/577435|title=Look who declined Padma Bhushan this year: two giants of art, literature|date=9 February 2010|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref> She received [[Jnanpith Award]] in 2017 for her 'path-breaking contribution to Indian literature'.<ref name="FirstpostHindi2017" /> The [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] mentioned in the statement that 'the language used by Sobti in her writings is influenced by the intermingling of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi cultures where her characters are always bold and daring – ready to accept all challenges thrown by the society'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Krishna Sobti gets prestigious Jnanpith award 2017
|url=http://theindianawaaz.com/krishna-sobti-gets-prestigious-jnanpith-award-2017/ |website=The Indian Awaaz |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref>

She was also a recipient of Shiromani Award (1981),<ref name="LibraryOfCongress" /> [[Maithili Sharan Gupt]] Samman and other awards.<ref name="Hindu_Jnanpith">{{cite news |title=Jnanpith winning Hindi writer Krishna Sobti passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/jnanpith-winning-hindi-writer-krishna-sobti-passes-away/article26087831.ece |access-date=25 January 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502140625/https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/jnanpith-winning-hindi-writer-krishna-sobti-passes-away/article61548949.ece |archive-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* ''Indian Women Novelists'', edited by R.K. Dhawan. New Delhi, Prestige Books, 1995, (18 Volms.) {{ISBN|81-85218-40-4}}. ''(Vol. XVII, 10–12)'' [https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no37837.htm Vedams eBooks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126043252/https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no37837.htm |date=26 January 2022 }}

== Works online ==
* [http://www.littlemag.com/listen/krishnasobti.html ''The Moving Finger'' – Story]
* [http://www.littlemag.com/2000/sobti.htm ''Ai Ladki'' – Story]
* [https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/krishnasobti.html Krishna Sobti works in ''Hindi'', at The Library of Congress]
* [http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/sansmaran/2005/phone/phone_bajta_raha1.htm ''Phone Baj Raha Hai'' – Memoir (''Hindi'')]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516093935/http://www.museindia.com/showcont.asp?id=239 Krishna Sobti: Musing on the Creative Process]

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190126005900/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA2LzA0LzI5I0FyMDE2MDQ=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom An Interview with Krishna Sobti]
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Krishna Sobti - Revision history

DellCarone401 at 04:41, 29 April 2026