Hrishikesh Sulabh

1. Sulabh's newest novel titled "Agnileek" (अग्निलीक) has just been published by Rajkamal Prakashan. | Nov 2019

With the advancement of technology, the writer runs his novel's Facebook page to directly interact with readers.

1. His latest short-story collection "Sankalit Kahaniya" (संकलित कहानियाँ) has been published by National Book Trust (राष्ट्रीय पुस्तक न्यास). | Nov 2019
2. His representative short story collection has been published in the nationally reputed series "Pratinidhi Kahaniya" published by Rajkamal Prakashan | Feb 2018

He was born in a small village (of Laheji, in district of Siwan, Bihar). He received his basic schooling in the village school at Laheji. The ambience of village stage and theatre led to the inculcation of theatrical values in him.

His father, who was a freedom fighter, moved to the city of Patna for Sulabh's further education. After completing his B.A. in Hindi, he went to pursue his Masters in the same subject. Due to financial constraints and family responsibilities, he had to drop out after a year of his M.A. education.

As an optimisation between arranging his wherewithal and channelising his creative energies, he took up a job with All India Radio as an executive.

He married Meena Shrivastava on 26 April 1982 at the age of 28. At that time, she was the only graduate in her village (of Madhavpur, in district of Champaran, Bihar). He has three daughters, Vatsala, Vasundhara, and Vallari.

His life and works have been greatly influenced by his father, Dr. Rama Shankar Srivastava (Prasad), who was a homoeopathic doctor and a freedom fighter. Sulabh has been known for crediting his father for being exceptionally understanding. He mentions the freedom and faith extended by his father towards himself as the biggest motivating factors in the journey of his life. For the past three decades, Hrishikesh Sulabh, apart from writing plays and being a theatre activist, has been actively participating in the various cultural movements. His stories have been published in a plethora of magazines and at the same time, they have been translated into various languages, also in English. On account of his intense passion for theatre, he looked up towards writing plays along with story writing. ″Hrishikesh Sulabh″ has incorporated the theatrical skills and ideas of the famous drama style of ″Bhikhari Thakur″ .i.e. Bidesiya″ in his plays for the first time in a very creative style for the contemporary Hindi theatre. ″National School of Drama″ staged his play ″Batohi″. For the past few years he has been continuously writing for the literary magazine 'Kathadesh'.

″Dharti Aaba″ and Rani ka Sapna are Hrishikesh Sulabh's latest play.

• 10th Indu Sharma International Katha Samman 2010 by Katha UK
• Banarsi Prasad 'Bhojpuri' samman for short story writing in Hindi
• Anil Kumar Mukharji shikhar samman for theatre activities and play writing
• Ramvriksh Benipuri samman for play writing
• Pataliputra award for play writing and theatre
• Siddhnath Kumar smriti samman for play writing and theatre criticism
• 1st shashibhooshan smriti samman for play writing

His works can be broadly classified into three categories – plays, short stories, and theatre criticism.