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{{Short description|Indian writer (b. 1943)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Bhanwar Singh Samaur
| honorific_prefix = Dr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bobasar, [[Churu, Rajasthan|Churu]] ([[Bikaner State]])
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Poet]]|[[Writer]]|[[Professor]]}}
| language = {{hlist|[[Dingal]]|[[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]]|[[Hindi]]}}
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajasthan]]
| notable_works = Rajasthani Shakti Kavya 
Sanskriti ri Sanatan Deeth 
Yugantarki Sanyasi 
Prachin Rajasthani Kavya Sangrah 
Aauva ka Dharna
| children = 4
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2020) 
[[Kavi Kag Award]] (2020)
| spouse = Kusum Kanwar
}}
'''Bhanwar Singh Samaur''' (born 15 August 1943) is an Indian writer, poet, historian, and social worker from [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ9jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Bhanwar+Singh+Samor%22|title=Indian Literature|date=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi.|language=en}}</ref> Samaur is the recipient of the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Rajasthani|Sahitya Akademi Award]] 2020 (in [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] language) for his work ''Sanskriti ri Sanatana Deeth''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=नेपाली एवं राजस्थानी भाषा के साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कार 2020 घोषित|url=https://www.aajtak.in/literature/story/sahitya-akademi-2020-awards-announces-for-nepali-rajasthani-bhanwar-singh-samaur-shankar-deo-dhakal-awarded-1316686-2021-08-26|access-date=2021-08-27|website=आज तक|language=hi}}</ref> His career has spanned more than 50 years including works on history, literature, and poetry in [[Rajasthani people|Rajasthani]] as well as [[Hindi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर|url=https://www.patrika.com/churu-news/the-samur-identified-by-the-literature-339837/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref> Dr. Samaur is a retired Hindi Lecturer from Lohia Postgraduate College, Churu.<ref name=":3" />

Samaur is considered an expert on [[Marwari language|Marwari]] (Rajasthani) language. His ongoing work is Rajasthani (Marwari)-English-Hindi Dictionary.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-07-19|title=Language Documentation in the Hindi Heartland|url=https://avtans.com/2010/07/19/language-documentation-in-the-hindi-heartland/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Linguistica Indica|language=en}}</ref>

In February 2020, he was awarded the [[Kavi Kag Award|Kavi Shri Kag Bapu Lok Sahitya Award]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Vyas|first=Rajesh Ratan|date=2020-02-14|title=कविश्री काग बापू लोक साहित्य एवार्ड से सम्मानित होंगे भंवरसिंह सामौर - The Indian Daily|url=https://theindiandaily.in/897/%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%97-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%82-%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%95-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%bf/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=theindiandaily.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life and education==
Samaur was born on 15 August 1943 in Bobasar village in [[Churu district|Churu]], [[Rajasthan]]. His father was Ujeen Dan and grandfather was Chaturdan Samaur.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Dutt|first=K. C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-W1OAAAAYAAJ|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: N-Z|date=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|language=en}}</ref>

Samaur completed his [[Master of Arts]] in Hindi Literature (MA Hindi) from [[University of Rajasthan|Rajasthan University]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=S.babu Rao|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61804|title=Whos Who Of Indian Writers}}</ref>

== Career ==
Samaur taught as [[Lecturer]] in Hindi at Lohia Postgraduate College in Churu, Rajasthan.<ref name=":3" /> He also served as the Vice-Principal of Government Girls College, Ratangarh.<ref name=":4" />

Samaur's Yugantarakari Sanyasi (युगान्तरकारी सन्यासी) book was released by the Prime Minister of Mauritius [[Anerood Jugnauth]] in [[Mauritius]].<ref name=":2" />

Samaur is also a pioneer in social service, through Lokbharti Bhawan in Bobasar, started the library movement, social service camps so that no one should sleep hungry. The latter program was later accepted by the state government and expanded in Rajasthan. Samaur also helped in the establishment of libraries in around 50 villages of [[Gujarat]].<ref name=":0" />

Bhanwar Singh also chaired sessions during the Sahitya Akademi seminar in 2006.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Akademi|first=Sahitya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsNLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Bhanwar+Singh+Samor%22|title=Annual Report|date=2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|language=en}}</ref>

== Rajasthan Sabadkosh Linguist Committee ==
Samaur is a member of Linguistic Experts Committee formed for the development of Rajasthani Sabadkosh Project, which aims to digitalise & expand the works Padma Shri [[Sitaram Lalas|Dr. Sitaram Lalas]] on Rajasthani language.<ref>{{Cite web|title=राजस्थानी सबदकोश|url=https://www.rajsabadkosh.org/AboutUs.aspx|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.rajsabadkosh.org}}</ref>

== Published works ==
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* Samaura, Bhamvara Simha (1 January 1993). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YPETJ2WREAsC Yugantarakari Sannyasi]'' (in Hindi). [[Prabhat Prakashan]]. {{ISBN|978-81-7315-059-3}}. (Devidan Ratnu)
* ''Sāmaura, Bhaṃvara Siṃha (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=G8VjAAAAMAAJ Rājasthānī śaktti kāvya] (in Hindi). [[Sahitya Akademi|Sāhitya Akādemī]]. {{ISBN|978-81-260-0625-0}}.'' (राजस्थानी शक्ति काव्य)
* ''Sāmaura, Bhaṃvara Siṃha (2020). [https://books.google.com/books?id=K1bdzQEACAAJ Āūvā kā dharanā] (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Granthāgāra. {{ISBN|978-93-87297-92-0}}.'' (आऊवा का धरना)
* ''Sāmaura, Bhaṃvara Siṃha (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=vYJ0AAAAIAAJ Śaṅkaradāna Sāmaura] (in Hindi). Sāhitya Akādemī. {{ISBN|978-81-7201-867-2}}.'' (शंकरदान सामौर)
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=d24tzwEACAAJ Samskrti ri sanatana ditha: nibandha sangraha]. Vikasa Prakasana. 2020. {{ISBN|978-93-80917-33-7}}.'' (संस्कृति री सनातन दीठ)
* ''Sāmaura, Bhaṃvara Siṃha (2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=q8gUSQAACAAJ Hamāre sāhitya nirmātā, Rāvata Sārasvata] (in Hindi).'' Ekatā Prakāśana''.''
* ''Sāmaura, Bhaṃvara Siṃha (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ixO9GwAACAAJ Cūrū Maṇḍala ke yaśasvī cāraṇa] (in Hindi). Loka Bhāratī Bhavana.'' (चूरू मंडल के यशस्वी चारण)
* Sāmaura, Bhaṃvara Siṃha (2001). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SeJmGwAACAAJ Śekhāvāṭī ke yaśasvī cāraṇa]'' (in Hindi). Loka Bhāratī Bhavana. (शेखावाटी के यशस्वी चारण)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sāmaura |first=Bhaṃvara Siṃha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeJmGwAACAAJ |title=Śekhāvāṭī ke yaśasvī cāraṇa |date=2001 |publisher=Loka Bhāratī Bhavana |language=hi}}</ref>
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vaEhAAAAMAAJ Cāraṇa baḍī amolaka cīja]'' (in Hindi). Cāraṇa Sāhitya Śodha Saṃsthāna. 1989.
* ''Jīvana Kaviyā, Bhaṃvara Siṃha Sāmaura'' ''(1996)''. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/49032114 Maraṇa-tyūṃhāra]'' ''(in Hindi).'' Rājasthānī Sāhitya Saṃsthāna. (मरण त्योहार)
* ''Sāmora, Bhaṃvarasiṃha (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=-fEdHAAACAAJ Loka pūjya deviyām̐] (in Hindi). Cāraṇa Sāhitya Śodha Saṃsthāna.'' (लोक पुज्य देवियाँ)
* ''Prachin Rajasthani Kavya Sangrah'' (प्राचीन राजस्थानी काव्य संग्रह)
* ''Lok Niti Kavya'' (लोक नीति काव्य)

== Awards ==
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* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Rajasthani|Sahitya Akademi Award]] 2020 (Rajasthani language)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Samour|first=Dr Bhanwar Singh|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2020.pdf|title=sahitya akademi awards 2020|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=2021|location=India|publication-date=25 August 2021|pages=3}}</ref>
* [[Kavi Kag Award|Kavi Shri Kag Bapu Lok Sahitya Award]] (कवि श्रीकाग बापू लोक साहित्य पुरस्कार)<ref name=":1" />
* Rajasthani Culture Award from Rajasthani Language Literature Culture Academy Bikaner 2013 (राजस्थानी भाषा एवं संस्कृति अकादमी बीकानेर से भाषा सेवा सम्मान अंक संस्कृति सम्मान 2013)
* Cultural Award from Rajasthan Cultural Council (राजस्थान सांस्कृतिक परिषद से संस्कृति सम्मान)
* Kaviraj Sanvaldan Ashiya Award from Karni Seva Mandal (करणी सेवा मण्डल से कविराज सांवलदान आशिया पुरस्कार)
* Marudhara ra Moti Award (मरुधर रा मोती सम्मान)
* Gold Medal by Hindi Sahitya Sansad (हिन्दी साहित्य संसद से स्वर्ण पदक)
* Pandit Bharat Vyas Award by (पंडित भरत व्यास पुरस्कार)
* Samprati Sansthan Award (सम्प्रति संस्थान पुरस्कार)
* Kanhaiyalal Sethia Mayad Bhasha Seva Samman (कन्हैयालाल सेठिया मायड़ भाषा सेवा सम्मान)
* Surajmal Mohta Literary Award (सूरजमल मोहता साहित्य पुरस्कार)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Samaur|first=Dr. Bhanwar Singh|date=2019|title=भंवरसिंह सामौर को मिला सूरजमल मोहता साहित्य पुरस्कार|work=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/churu/news/rajasthan-news-bhanwar-singh-samour-received-surajmal-mohta-literature-award-105513-6241716.html|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* {{cite book |last=Meghwal |first=Bhaniram |url= |title=Bhaṃvara Siṃha Sāmaura Ke Gadya Sāhitya Kā Anuśīlana |publisher=HSRA Publications |year=2022 |isbn=978-93-5506-246-8}}

== References ==
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