<p class="title">Eminent Hindi author and essayist Krishna Sobti died on Friday in Delhi, family sources said. She was 93.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She breathed her last in a Delhi hospital this morning, where she was admitted for the last two months, Ashok Maheshwari, a friend and managing director of Rajkamal Prakashan, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She was about to complete her 94 years in February, so an age factor was there no doubt. For the last one week she was in the ICU," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her last rites will be performed at 4 pm on Friday at Nigam Bodh ghat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Even after being extremely sick, she was very much aware about her thoughts, about what was happening in the society," Maheshwari added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Krishna ji was one of the most sensitive and alert writers of our times. She created her own identity and dignity in the field of literature," he told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her latest book "Channa" was launched at New Delhi World Book Fair on January 11.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was actually her first novel, written 60 years ago. But due to some disagreement it was never published," he informed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Born in 1925, Sobti was known for writing about issues of female identity and sexuality.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mitro Marjani", "Zindaginama" and "Surajmukhi Andhere Ke" were some of her famous works.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She received prestigious awards like Sahitya Akademi, Jnanpith and was also offered Padma Bhushan, which she had declined.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Author-poet Ashok Vajpeyi said she was the "trustee of Indian democracy" through her contribution to literature.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What she has done for Indian literature is unmatched. Her social message was very clear through her work, if we can call an author a trustee of democracy and constitution, she was it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She fought for equality and justice throughout her life. She was not just an eminent author of Hindi, but the entire Indian literature," Vajpeyi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Terming her demise as a "loss for world literature", poet Ashok Chakradhar said she was the "pioneer of writing for women's honour".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Her 'Mitro Marjani' established a new type of writing style in Indian literature. I was lucky to have known her. And her demise is not just a loss for our country but the entire world," Chakradhar said. </p>
<p class="title">Eminent Hindi author and essayist Krishna Sobti died on Friday in Delhi, family sources said. She was 93.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She breathed her last in a Delhi hospital this morning, where she was admitted for the last two months, Ashok Maheshwari, a friend and managing director of Rajkamal Prakashan, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She was about to complete her 94 years in February, so an age factor was there no doubt. For the last one week she was in the ICU," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her last rites will be performed at 4 pm on Friday at Nigam Bodh ghat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Even after being extremely sick, she was very much aware about her thoughts, about what was happening in the society," Maheshwari added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Krishna ji was one of the most sensitive and alert writers of our times. She created her own identity and dignity in the field of literature," he told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her latest book "Channa" was launched at New Delhi World Book Fair on January 11.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was actually her first novel, written 60 years ago. But due to some disagreement it was never published," he informed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Born in 1925, Sobti was known for writing about issues of female identity and sexuality.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mitro Marjani", "Zindaginama" and "Surajmukhi Andhere Ke" were some of her famous works.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She received prestigious awards like Sahitya Akademi, Jnanpith and was also offered Padma Bhushan, which she had declined.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Author-poet Ashok Vajpeyi said she was the "trustee of Indian democracy" through her contribution to literature.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What she has done for Indian literature is unmatched. Her social message was very clear through her work, if we can call an author a trustee of democracy and constitution, she was it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She fought for equality and justice throughout her life. She was not just an eminent author of Hindi, but the entire Indian literature," Vajpeyi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Terming her demise as a "loss for world literature", poet Ashok Chakradhar said she was the "pioneer of writing for women's honour".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Her 'Mitro Marjani' established a new type of writing style in Indian literature. I was lucky to have known her. And her demise is not just a loss for our country but the entire world," Chakradhar said. </p>