Mohan Bhandari (writer)
Mohan Bhandari is a Punjabi writer who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998, but later returned it in 2015.Mohan Bhandari was born in 1937 in the Banbhaura village of Sangrur district, Punjab. Bhandari was influenced by Urdu writer Munto alongside Russian authors including Gorky, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov. Credited for as many as 15 short story collection books which includes critically acclaimed Kaath di Latt, Til-Chouli, Gora Basha among others. Bhandari received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998 for his collection of short stories, Moon di Akh.
