Question

For which literary work did Daruwalla win the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984?

• A. The Keeper of the Dead
• B. Apparition in April
• C. Winter Poems
• D. The Beleaguered City

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The Keeper of the Dead

KEKI DARUWALLA (1937-2024)

• Poet, short story writer, IPS officer

• Born into a Parsi family in Lahore Sahitya Akademi Award (1984) for The Keeper of the Dead

• Padma Shri (2014) and Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Asia (1987)