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Residence
  
Udaipur, Rajasthan

Nationality
  
Indian


Name
  
Nand Chaturvedi

Books
  
Atita raga


Born
  
21 April 1923 (
1923-04-21
)
Jhalawar, Rajasthan, British India

Occupation
  
poet, literateur, socialist

Died
  
December 25, 2014, Udaipur

Nand chaturvedi iss maran per janam hota kaee bar garvit


Nand Chaturvedi (1923–2014) was a socialist, a well-known Hindi poet and a littérateur.

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Education and works

Born in a Brahmin family, Nand Chaturvedi had a Master of Arts degree in Hindi from Rajasthan University. He was editor of the quarterly journal Bindu from 1966 to 1972.

Apart from teaching, he used to write poems. A few of his popular works are:
* Yeh Samai Mamuli Nahin, "these are not ordinary times", in 1983.
* Shabd Sansar ki Yayavari, collection of essays, in 1985.
* Imandar Dunya Ke Liye, "for honest world", in 1994.
* Woh Soye To Nahin Honge, in 1997.
* Utsav Ka Nirmam Samai, "crucial times of this festival".

Awards

  • He was a recipient of Bihari Puraskar of KK Birla Foundation in 1996 for Yeh Samai mamuli nahin.
  • Prasar Bharati honoured him with the Prasaran Sanmaan in 1998.
  • He was a recipient of Equality Writer Award by Astha Sansthan in January 2007.
  • He was chosen for year 2008's Sahitya Vachaspati, the top literary honour of the Prayag Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. It was conferred to him at Jaipur in March 2008.
  • He was honoured with Mira Puraskar, the highest literary honour of the Rajasthan Government.
  • He was also conferred with Lok Mangal Puraskar of Mumbai.

    • Personal life

    He died on 25 December 2014; he was survived by four sons and two daughters.

    References

    Nand Chaturvedi Wikipedia
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