Dharamvir Bharati

Dharamvir Bharati (25 December 1926 – 4 September 1997) was a Hindi poet, author, playwright and a social thinker from India. He was the chief editor of the Hindi weekly magazine Dharmayug, from 1960 till 1987.

Bharati was awarded the Padma Shree for literature in 1972 by the Government of India. His novel Gunaho Ka Devta became a classic. Bharati's Suraj ka Satwan Ghoda was adapted into a National Film Award-winning film of the same name in 1992 by Shyam Benegal. His play Andha Yug, set against the backdrop of the aftermath of Mahabharata, is frequently performed in public by drama groups.

He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in playwriting (Hindi) in 1988 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.