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{{Short description|Indian Hindi Novelist}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
| image = Acharya Shivpujan Sahay 1998 stamp of India.jpg
| image_size = 245px
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1893|8|9}}
| birth_place = Unvans Village, [[Bhojpur district, Bihar|Bhojpur District]], [[Bihar]] ([[British India]], Now in [[Buxar District]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1963|1|21|1893|8|9}}
| death_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], India
| occupation = [[Novelist]], [[editing|editor]], [[Prose]] [[Writer]]
| nationality = Indian
| notableworks = Shipujan Rachanavali, Mata ka Anchal
| awards = 1960: [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Acharya Shivpujan Sahay''' (9 August 1893 – 21 January 1963) was a noted [[Hindi]] and [[Bhojpuri Language|Bhojpuri]] [[novelist]], [[editing|editor]] and [[prose]] [[writer]]. He contributed in pioneering modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction. His texts ''"Mata ka Anchal"'' also printed in [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] Book. In the text ''Mata ka Anchal'', he has shown a wonderful bond with mother. He also conferred him with [[Padma Bhushan]] award by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-09|title=शख्सियत: हिंदी नवजागरण के अग्रदूत शिवपूजन सहाय|url=https://www.jansatta.com/sunday-magazine/shivpujan-sahay-famous-hindi-writer-edited-many-magazines-and-wrote-books-contributed-a-lot-in-journalism/1491111/|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Shivpujan Sahay was born in a [[Kayastha]] family land-owning family in the Unwans village of [[Buxar district, Bihar|Bhojpur District]] on 9 August 1893. His childhood name was 'Bholanath'.

==Education and career==
After his early education and a short stint as a Hindi language teacher at [[Ara, Bihar|Ara]] (1903–1921), Acharya Shivpujan Sahay went to [[Kolkata]] to edit 'Marwari Sudhar' and then joined ''Matwala'' as an Editor in 1923. He moved to [[Lucknow]] in 1924 to join the editorial department of Dularelal Bhargava's ''Madhuri'' where he worked with noted Hindi author Munshi [[Premchand]] and edited his ''Rangbhumi'' and some of his other stories.

In 1925, he returned to [[Calcutta]] and engaged in editing short-lived journals such as ''Samanway'', ''Mauji'', ''Golmal'', ''Upanyas Tarang''. Finally, Sahay moved to [[Varanasi]] (Kāśi) in 1926 to work as a [[Freelancer|freelance]] editor. For a short period in 1931, he went to [[Sultanganj]] near [[Bhagalpur]] to edit ''Ganga''. However, he returned to Varanasi in 1932 where he was commissioned to edit ''Jagaran'', a literary fortnightly brought out by [[Jaishankar Prasad]] and his circle of friends. Sahay once again found himself working with Premchand. He also went on to become a prominent member of the [[Nagari Pracharini Sabha]] and similar literary circles in [[Varanasi]].

In 1935, he moved to Laheria Sarai with his family ([[Darbhanga]]) to work as editor of ''Balak'' and other publications of Pustak Bhandar owned by [[Acharya Ramlochan Saran]]. In 1939, he joined Rajendra College, [[Chhapra]] as a Professor of Hindi Language. In 1946, on a year's leave, he moved to [[Patna]] to edit ''Himalaya'', a literary monthly which was published by Pustak Bhandar owned by [[Acharya Ramlochan Saran]].

In 1950, Sahay finally came to Patna to work as Secretary of Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parished, a government academy where he edited and published more than 50 volumes of Hindi reference works. Later he became Director of the Parishad and compiled and edited ''Hindi Sahitya Aur Bihar'' a literary history. He retired from Parishad in 1959.

His own works were compiled and published in 4 volumes of ''Shipujan Rachanavali'' (1956–59) by the Parishad. Later, after his death, his complete works were edited and published by his son Prof. Mangal Murty as 'Shivapoojan Sahay Sahitya samagra'(2011) in 10 volumes. Shivpujan Sahay is also remembered for his editing of several literary commemoration volumes, chiefly ''Dwivedi Abhinandan Granth'' (1933),''Anugrah Abhinandan Granth'' (1946), ''Rajendra Abhinandan Granth'' (1950) and ''Jayanti Smarak Granth'' (1942). He also edited Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]]'s ''Atmakatha''. He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1960.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

== Works by Acharya Shivpujan Sahay ==

===Stories and novels===
*''Wey Din Wey Log'' – 1965
*''Bimb:Pratibimb' – 1967
*''Mera Jeevan'' – 1985
*''Smritishesh'' – 1994
*''Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya'' – 1996
*''Gram Sudhar'' – 2007
*''Dehati Duniya'' – 1926
*''Vibhuti'' – 1935
*''Mera Bachapan' – 1960
* 'Amar Senani Veer Kunwar Singh'- 1962
*''Mata ka anchal''

===Edited works===
*''Dwivedi Abhinandan Granth'' – 1933
*''Rajendra Abhinandan Granth'' – 1950
*''Anugrah Abhinandan Granth'' – 1946
*'' Jayanti Smarak Granth'' – 1942
*''Bihar ki Mahilayen' (Rajendra Abhinandan Granth) – 1962
*''Atmakatha'' – 1947
*''Rangbhumi'' – 1925
*''Samanway'' – 1925
*''Mauji'' – 1925
*''Golmaal''- 1925
*''Jagaran'' – 1932
*''Balak'' – 1930
*''Himalaya''- 1946
*''Hindi Sahitya Aur Bihar''- 1962
*''Madhuri''- 1924

=== Bhojpuri ===

* [[Kundan Singh-Kesar Bai]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Vinod|first=Mahamaya Prasad|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya ki Yugin Chetna|publisher=Confluence International|year=2007|isbn=978-8186425442|location=New Delhi|pages=34–35}}</ref> (Short Story)
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==Death==

He died in Patna on 21 January 1963. His posthumously published books are ''Wey Din Wey Log'' (1965), ''Mera Jeevan'' (1985), ''Smritishesh'' (1994), ''Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya'' (1996), and ''Gram Sudhar'' (2007) and 'Shivapoojan Sahay Sahitya Samagra' (10 Vols.)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*''Shivpujan Sahay'' by Mangal Murty, Published by [[Sahitya Academy]], 35 Phirozshah Marg, New Delhi, India.
* ' Shivpujan Sahay : Pratinidhi Rachanayen' (Ed. Mangal Murty) Published by [[National Book Trust]], New Delhi

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Acharya Shivpujan Sahay}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090711124709/http://www.patnadaily.com/news2008/aug/081008/shivpujan_sahay_honored.html CM, Governor Pays Respect to Shivpujan Sahay – PatnaDaily.Com]
* [http://drvidyarthy.hypermart.net/smriti.html Acharya Shivpujan Sahay's Tribute]

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