Kiran Nagarkar, Renowned Author And Playwright, Dies At 77 In Mumbai

Noted Novelist and playwright Kiran Nagarkar passed away in Mumbai on September 5. 77-year-old Nagarkar suffered brain hemorrhage earlier in the week. The novelist, playwright, film and drama critic, and bilingual screenwriter was one of the most significant writers of post-colonial India. Among his most known works are ''Saat Sakkam Trechalis'' (Seven Sixes Are Forty Three) (1974), ''Ravan and Eddie'' (1994) and the epic English novel ''Cuckold'' (1997), for which he was honoured with the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award. The last book Nagarkar wrote, "The Arsonist" was published earlier this year.

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