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The 20th century writer, who won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2003 for his book Kitney Pakistani, had penned 30 books and several short-story collections.
Born in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, in 1932, he did Masters in Hindi from Allahabad University in 1954. The noted writer, who started his career as a scriptwriter for Doordarshan, had a meteoric rise that saw him become its Additional Director General.
The Padmabushan in 2005 for Hindi literature was his crowning glory.
He was also Editor of Dainik Jagaran (1990-92), Dainik Bhaskar (1996-2002) and once popular but now defunct Hindi magazine Sarika.
The writer-par-excellence had penned ten TV serials like Darpan, Ek Kahani, Chandrakanta and Yug, apart from producing and directing various TV programmes and documentaries.
Kamleshwar, who also into writing filmscripts, had popular films such as Sara Aakash, Aandhi, Mausam, Rajnigandha, Choti Si Baat and Mr Natwarlal to his credit.
Padmabushan awardee Kamleshwar died in the New Delhi on Jan 27, 2007. He was 75.

• Meri Priya Kahaniyan (HINDI)
This is an absorbingly exhaustive and unforgettable collection of stories by India's greatest and most respected Hindi fiction writers, Kamleshwar. His stories reflect the everyday joys and sorrows of the common man. Extremely interesting reading!

• Kamleshwar Kee Shreshtha Kahaniyan (HINDI)
This anothology includes 25 selected short stories of famous Hindi writer Kamleshwar.

• George Pancham Ki Naak (HINDI)
A collection of 11 short-stories in original Hindi by well-known fiction writer.

• Kitne Pakistan (HINDI)
A novel of great significance focusing on contemporary issues, is a Sahitya Akademi award winner, and has been translated into several Indian languages.

• Not Flowers of Henna
This book is a translated collection of short stories by renowned Hindi writer Kamleshwar that deals with subjects like prostitution, politics, love, marital discord, pride and passion.In the 15 stories that are compiled into "Not Flowers of Henna" - translated into English by Jai Ratan and published by Katha - Kamleshwar stresses on positive lessons for mankind to reconstruct the society and its norms.

• Samagra Kahaniyan (HINDI)
A collection of more than hundred fascinating short stories by India's most celebrated Hindi writer Kamleshwar.

• Hindustani Ghazalen (HINDI)
This book carries selections from the poetics of over one hundred Urdu and Hindi poets.

• The Street with Fifty-Seven Lanes
When the novel first appeared in Hindi, it created a furore, for it was the first work to discuss an old taboo - homosexuality.

Unjustly accused of resorting to sensuality and sensationalism, what Kamleshwar tells is the story of 57 lanes jointed to a road like ribs to the

• Partitions - A Novel
Kamleshwar's Kitne Pakistan enjoys cult status as a novel that dared to ask crucial questions about the making and writing of history.

• A Street with 57 Lanes
First published in Hindi in 1957, this novel created a furore, for it was the first of its kind to discuss 'homosexuality', a subject kept under the wraps so far. Unjustly accused of resorting to sensuality and sensationalism, it tells the story of fifty-seven lanes joined to a road like ribs to the backbone.

• Desa - Pardesa (Short Stories in HINDI)
This is an absorbingly unforgettable collection of stories by India's greatest and most respected Hindi fiction writers, Kamleshwar. His stories reflect the everyday joys and sorrows of the common man. Extremely interesting reading!

• Daalchini Ke Jungle - Short Stories (HINDI)
This book in Hindi is a collection of twenty-three short stories by famous fiction writer Kamleshwar. This collection of short fiction is his last contribution before his death in January 2007.

• Wahi Baat (Novel in HINDI)
This is an absorbingly unforgettable novel by India's greatest and most respected Hindi fiction writers, Kamleshwar. His fictional writings reflect the everyday joys and sorrows of modern living. This novel is a sensitive portrayal of a husband absorbed in his profession, and wife who decides to separate to pursue her own life.

• Aagami Ateet (Novel in HINDI)
This is a significant novel written in 1974 by India's greatest and most respected Hindi fiction writers, Kamleshwar. His fictional writings reflect the everyday joys and sorrows of modern living. This novel is a sensitive portrayal of a man-woman relationship in modern living.

• Amma (Novel in HINDI)
This is an absorbingly unforgettable novel by India's greatest and most respected Hindi fiction writers, Kamleshwar. Like his other literary works, this novel also is a proof of his deep understanding of human nature. His simple , lucid style of writing makes this novel a good read.

• Ek Sarak Sattawan Galiyan (Novel in HINDI)
This is the first novel of famous Hindi literary celebrity Kamleshwar. Written in 1956, it has undergone many reprints, and later was adapted as a film script for a Hindi movie titled Bad-naam Basti.

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