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Viren Dangwal (5 August 1947 – 28 September 2015) was an Indian poet, academic, and journalist. He received several awards for his poetry. Viren Dangwal was born in 1947 in Kirti Nagar, Tehri Garhwal,
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...
. Viren Dangwal was associated with the editorial board of the
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newspaper Amar Ujala. He served as a professor of Hindi at
Bareilly College Bareilly College, Bareilly (BCB) is an institution located in the metropolis of Bareilly in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The college is affiliated with the M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, and has been affiliated with the Agra University a ...
from 1974 to 2011. In 1992 Dangwal received the Raghuveer Sahay Smriti Award for his poem 'Duniya'. In 1993 he received the Srikant Verma Smriti Award. In 2002, he received the Shamsher Samman award. In 2004, Dangwal received the
Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
for his book of poetry, ''Dushchakra Mein Srista''. Dangwal's most famous poem was 'Kavi Ne kaha' . Dangwal died in
Bareilly Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The c ...
in September 2015


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1947 births 2015 deaths Poets from Uttarakhand Hindi-language poets Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi Garhwali people People from Uttarakhand {{India-poet-stub