Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940) is an Indian poet, editor, critic and a former president of the

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who served to the post from 2013 to 2018. He has published around 50 books in

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on various genres such as criticism, poetry, travelogues, biographies, interviews besides editing books.

Biography

He was born in 1940 in

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. He obtained BA with Hindi from Gorkhapur University and MA and PhD in Hindi literature. He served as the head of the department and

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for Hindi at

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until he retired in 2001. After starting his writing career he published his first uncertain book in 1970. His prominent work includes ''Saath Chalte Hue'', ''Kavita Kya Hai'' (What is

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), and ''Bistar Duniya Le Liye''.

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Vishwanath Prasad 1940 births Living people Hindi-language poets Poets from Uttar Pradesh Recipients of the Gangadhar National Award Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University alumni