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{{Short description|Indian writer and satirist}}
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| birth_date = 2 August 1952
| birth_place = [[Mauranipur]], [[Jhansi]] district, [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| occupation = Writer, cardiologist
| children = 2 children
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />Sharad Joshi Samman<br />Delhi Academy Award<br />Indu Sharma Literary Award <br/> [[Vyas Samman]] (2022)
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'''Gyan Chaturvedi''' is an Indian writer and satirist in [[Hindi language]],<ref name="Free Press Journal">{{cite web | url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/satirist-gyan-chaturvedi-releases-college-magazine/ | title=Free Press Journal | publisher=Free Press Journal | date=1 July 2012 | access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="First Post">{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/sibal-jumped-the-gun-sc-may-well-see-coalgate-as-a-scam-471881.html | title=First Post | publisher=First Post | date=28 September 2012 | access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> known for his satirical novels,<ref name="Pustak">{{cite web | url=http://pustak.org/home.php?bookid=3159 | title=Pustak | publisher=Pustak | date=2015 | access-date=20 February 2015 | archive-date=20 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220105236/http://pustak.org/home.php?bookid=3159 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Baramasi''<ref name="Baramasi">{{cite book | title=Baramasi | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2009 | pages=247 | isbn=978-8126708673}}</ref> and ''Narak Yathra''.<ref name="Narak Yatra">{{cite book | title=Narak Yatra | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2010 | pages=238 | isbn=978-8126715640}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |archive-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Chaturvedi was born on 2 August 1952 at [[Mauranipur]], in [[Jhansi district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Biography">{{cite web | url=http://rajkamalprakashan.com/default/jmproducts/filter/index/?author=104 | title=Biography | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2015 | access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> He graduated in medicine from SS Medical College Rewa, did advanced training in cardiology and joined the hospital at [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]] (BHEL) where he served for over thirty years till his retirement.<ref name="Biography" /> He started writing in the 70s with his first published work, ''Dharmayug''.<ref name="Biography" /> This was followed by several books such as ''Ham Na Marab'', ''Khamosh Nange Hamam Mein Hain'', ''Marichika'', ''Alag'' and ''Pratyansha''.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

Chaturvedi has been writing regular columns in [[India Today]] and ''Naya Gyanodaya'' and frequent columns in [[Rajasthan Patrika]]. He is a recipient of several awards such as ''[[Sharad Joshi]] Samman'' of the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]], Delhi Academy Award and [[Indu Sharma Katha Samman|Indu Sharma Literary Award]].<ref name="Biography" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2015.

Chaturvedi is married to Shashi Chaturvedi, a gynecologist at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] and the couple has a daughter, Neha, a medical doctor, currently an ophthalmologist at AIIMS, New Delhi, and a son, Dushyant, an engineer presently pursuing management studies at the [[Indian School of Business]], the leading school in the country for management and business education.

==Bibliography==
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* Preth Katha (1985)
* Dange Mein Murga (1998)<ref name="Dange Mein Murga">{{cite web | url=http://libcat.unigoa.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=79776 | title=Dange Mein Murga | publisher=Goa University | date=2015 | access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
* Khamosh Nange Hamaam Mein Hain (2004)<ref name="Khamosh Nange Hamaam Mein Hain">{{cite book | title=Khamosh Nange Hamaam Mein Hain | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2004 | pages=115 | isbn=978-8126705184}}</ref>
* Marichika (2007)<ref name="Marichika">{{cite book | title=Marichika | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2007 | isbn=978-8126713066}}</ref>
* Baramasi (2009)<ref name="Baramasi" />
* Narak Yathra (2010)<ref name="Narak Yatra" />
* Alag (2010)<ref name="Alag">{{cite book | title=Alag | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2010 | pages=312 | isbn=978-8126719600}}</ref>
* Pratyansha (2010)<ref name="Pratyansha">{{cite book | title=Pratyansha | publisher=Bharatiya Gyanpith | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2010 | pages=249 | isbn=978-8126320608}}</ref>
* Ham Na Marab (2014)<ref name="Ham Na Marab">{{cite book | title=Ham Na Marab | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2014 | pages=312 | isbn=978-8126726004}}</ref>
* Pagalkhana (2020)<ref name="Pagalkhana">{{cite book | title=Pagalkhana | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2020| pages=271| isbn=978-9387462748}}</ref>
* Swang (2021)<ref name="Swang">{{cite book | url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/book-review/book-review-gyan-chaturvedi-new-novel-swang | title=Swang | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2021| pages=392| isbn=978-8195099511}}</ref>{{div col end}}

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}

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