Chandrakiran Sonrexa

| death_date = | birth_place = Naushera, Peshawar (Sadar), in British India (now in Pakistan) | death_place = New Delhi, India | awards = | education = Passed lower middle in 1933 from Mission Middle School, Meerut (Sadar), later studied at home and passed prabhakar, Visharad and Sahitya Ratna in Hindi. The last equivalent to BA, in Hindi | spouse = Shri Kanti Chandra Sonrexa, a writer journalist, photographer who later joined provincial civil service in U.P Cadre | notable_works = Pinjare Ke Maina (Autobiography), Adamkhor, Den' Rozhdennii︠a︡ | language = Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati and English | birth_name = Kumari Chandrakiran | image = CK Sonrexa BW.jpg }}

Chandrakiran Sonrexa (October 19, 1920 - May 18, 2009) (Saunareksā, Candrakiraṇa) was a writer of Hindi literature. Her writings in Hindi, spanning a period of 75 years have been published and translated in several languages including Russian, Hungarian, Czechoslovakian and English and also several Indian languages. She worked as a Script writer and Editor at All India Radio, Lucknow for over two decades (1957-1979). In 2001 she was awarded the title of Best Woman Hindi Short Story Writer of the 20th century by Hindi Academy (Delhi) and was presented the award by Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi. Provided by Wikipedia