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

Awards

References

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