Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

'Acharya' Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी)(August 19, 1907ndash 1979) was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He penned numerous novels, collections of essays and a historical outline of Hindi literature.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Hindi literature, and the 1973 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi, for his collection of essays, 'Alok Parva' [ [http://ignca.nic.in/nl_00313.htm Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Collection] Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) website. A collection of 10,000 volumes of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi has been donated by his children to IGNCA.] .

Early life

Acharya was born on August 19, 1907 in Arat-Dubeka Chhapra, a village in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh [ [http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/literature/hazari-prasad-dwivedi.html Hazari Prasad Dwivedi] ] .

Career

He passed the "Shastri" examination at Sanskrit University and was later appointed as a Hindi teacher at Santiniketan. He later became professor and head of Hindi Departments at Banaras Hindu University and Panjab University, Chandigarh.

He was also associated with Hindi related programmes of the Indian Government."Banbhatta Ki Atmakatha","Anamdas Ka Potha","Punarnava",and "Charuchandra Lekh" are his master works.He was also a great Hindi eassy writer.some of his memorable eassys are "Nakhoon Kyon Barhte Hain","Kutaj" and "Ashok ke phool".

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* [http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80 Hazari Prasad Dwivedi in Hindi Wiki]

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