{{Short description|Indian writer}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} '''Mithileshwar Gupta''' ({{langx|hi|मिथिलेश्वर}}), was a Hindi writer noted for writing on the rural heartland of India and the success of IIT Bihar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=संचयन भाग 2|publisher=NCERT|isbn=81-7450-665-9|pages=45|language=hi|chapter=लेखक परिचय|chapter-url=http://ncertbooks.prashanthellina.com/class_10.Hindi.SanchayanBhag2/lekhah%20P.pdf}}</ref> He was also a great friend of '''Saket Kumar.'''
== Early life == He was born on December 31, 1950, in Baisadeeh village of Bhojpur district in Bihar, India. He wrote beautifully about the rural parts of India, highlighting the struggles and problems faced by rural people of India.<ref>[http://passionforcinema.com/premchandrenu-and-rural-india/ Rural India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829104118/http://passionforcinema.com/premchandrenu-and-rural-india/ |date=2008-08-29 }}</ref> He started writing during his student period and has accumulated many awards in his career.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} His stories are mostly based on the state of the common man in our society. He describes the mental state of poor, exploited people from villages or the ones going through diverse conditions in a rapidly industrializing modern day India. He minutely observes people and writes with deep insight on their status in life and society.
== Career == * M.A, Ph.D. (Hindi)<ref name=":0" /> * Reader, Hindi Department, H.D. Jain College Ara, Bihar<ref name=":0" />
== Literary work == === Stories === * ''Babuji'' (1976)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Band Raston ke Beech'' (1978) * ''Doosra Mahabharat'' (1979) * ''Meghna Ka Nirnay<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Bhor Hone se Pahale'' * ''Tiriya Janam'' (1982) * ''Harihar Kaka'' (1983)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Ek Mein Anek'' (1987) * ''Ek the Professor B. Lal'' (1993) * ''Kamal''
=== Novels === * ''Prem na Badi Oopjai<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Surang me Subah'' * ''Yah Ant Nahin<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Jhunia'' (1980)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Yuddh Sthal'' (1981)<ref name=":0" />
=== Children's stories === * ''Us Rat Ki Bat'' (1993)
=== Collections === * ''Charchit Kahaniyan'' * ''Chal Khusro Ghar Aapne<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Das Pratinidhi Kahaniyan'' [http://shop.rediff.com/bookshop/buyersearch.jsp?lookfor=Mithileshwar&search=1]
== Awards == * Akhil Bhartiya MuktiBodh Puraskar by M.P. Sahitya Parishad (1976) * Soviet Land Nehru Puraskar for Band Raston Ke Beech (1979)<ref name=":0" /> * Yashpal Puraskar by U.P. Hindi Sansthan (1981–82) * Amrit Puraskar by Nikhil Bharat Bang Sahitya Sammelan * The 4th Shrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Samman (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.indiancooperative.com/featured/iffco-bestows-4th-srilal-shukla-sahitya-award/|title = IFFCO bestows 4th Srilal Shukla Sahitya award|date = 1 February 2015|access-date = 1 February 2015|website = Indian Co-operative|last = Jha|first = Ajay}}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links == * [http://www.pustak.org/bs/home.php?author_name=Mithileshwar See further details of his books at Pustak.org] * [http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/24_preview_babulji.asp Tales of Showman, a play based on ''Babuji'' by Mithileshwar]
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