Nand Chaturvedi born in 1923 in Jhalawar

Jhalawar

Jhalawar is a city in southeastern Rajasthan. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the administrative headquarters of Jhalawar District. Jhalawar was once known as Brijnagar .-Jhalawar town:...

, currently lives in Udaipur

Udaipur

Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...

, in the state of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

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; is a Brahmin, a socialist, a well-known Hindi

Hindi

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 poet and a littérateur. As of 2009 he is still active in his field.

Education and Works

Nand Chaturvedi has done Master of Arts in Hindi from Rajasthan University.

He was editor

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 of the Quarterly Journal Bindu from 1966 to 1972.

Apart from teaching, he used to write poems. Few of his popular works are:

* Yeh Samai Mamuli Nahin, means these are not ordinary times, in 1983.

* Shabd Sansar ki Yayavari, collection of essays, in 1985.

* Imandar Dunya Ke Liye, means for honest world, in 1994.

* Woh Soye To Nahin Honge, in 1997.

* Utsav Ka Nirmam Samai, means crucial times of this festival.

Awards

• He is a proud recipient of Bihari Puraskar
  Bihari Puraskar
  Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation . The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. It carries a citation, a plaque and prize money of Rs. 1 lakh.The list of...
  
  of KK Birla Foundation in 1996 for Yeh Samai mamuli nahin.
• Prasar Bharati has honoured him with the Prasaran Sanmaan in 1998.
• He is also a recipient of Equality Writer Award by Astha Sansthan on Jan-2007.
• He has been chosen for year 2008's Sahitya Vachaspati, the top literary honour of the Prayag Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. It was conferred to him at Jaipur
  Jaipur
  Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
  
   in March 2008.
• He has been honoured with Mira Puraskar, the highest literary honour of the Rajasthan Government.
• He has been also conferred with Lok Mangal Puraskar of Mumbai.

External links

• Nand Chaturvedi at Kavita Kosh (Hindi)
• An interview of Nand Chaturvedi on Mar-2002
• Who's who of Indian Writers, book by Kartik Chandra Dutt (Sahitya Akademi) published in 1999.