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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Hazari Prasad Dwivedi<br />
| image = Hazari Prasad Dwivedi 1997 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1907|8|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ballia District|Ballia]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1979|5|19}}<br> (aged 71)<br />
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Writer, essayist, scholar, historian, novelist, critic<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| notableworks = Kabir, [[Banbhatt Ki Aatmkatha]], Sahitya Ki Bhumika, Nakhoon Kyon Barhte Hain, Kutaj, Alok Parva<br />
| awards = 1973: [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] <br>1957: [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Hazari Prasad Dwivedi''' (19 August 1907{{spaced ndash}}19 May 1979) was a [[Hindi]] novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He penned numerous novels, collections of essays, historical research on medieval religious movements of India especially [[Kabir]] and Natha Sampradaya, and historical outlines of [[Hindi literature]].<br />
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Besides Hindi, he was master of many languages including [[Sanskrit]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as well as [[Pali]], [[Prakrit]], and [[Apabhramsa]].<br />
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Steeped in traditional knowledge of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, and modern Indian languages, Dwivedi was destined to be the great bridge maker between the past and the present. As a student of Sanskrit, steeped in the Sastras, he gave a new evaluation to Sahitya-sastra and he can rightly be considered as a great commentator on the textual tradition of the Indian literature.<br />
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He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1957 for his contribution to [[Hindi literature]],<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}}</ref> and the 1973 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his collection of essays, 'Alok Parva'.<ref>[http://ignca.nic.in/nl_00313.htm Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Collection] [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA) website. A collection of 10,000 volumes of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi has been donated by his children to IGNCA.</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born on 19 August 1907 at Dubey-ka-Chhapra village in [[Ballia district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/literature/hazari-prasad-dwivedi.html Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]</ref> in a traditional family famous for astrologers. His father Pandit Anamol Dwivedi was a learned [[Sanskrit]] scholar.<br />
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Dwivedi had his early education until middle examination at his village school. After completing his intermediate, he also studied ''[[Jyotisha]]'' (astrology) and [[Sanskrit]] at a traditional school to qualify for 'AchArya' degree in astrology and 'Shastri' degree in Sanskrit.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi joined [[Visva Bharati University|Visva Bharati]] in 1930. He taught Sanskrit and Hindi, and was engaged in research and creative writing. He stayed on in [[Santiniketan]] for two decades. He helped to found the Hindi Bhavana and was its head for many years.<br />
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/HazariprasadDwivedi.html| title = Hazariprasad Dwivedi (1907-1979) | publisher = Visva Bharati |access-date = 23 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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During his stay at Shantiniketan, he came in close contact with [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and other prominent figures of [[Bengali literature]]. He came to imbibe the subtleties of Bengali, the aesthetic sensibilities of [[Nandalal Bose]], the search for roots of [[Kshitimohan Sen]] and the gentle but piercing humour of Gurudayal Mallik. These influences are evident in his later writings.<br />
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He left [[Shantiniketan]] in 1950 and became Reader in the Hindi Department at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, where Dr. Jagannath Prasad Sharma was the Professor and Head of the Department. Dwivedi Ji served there till 1960. While in this position, he was also appointed a Member of the first Official Language Commission set up in 1955 by [[Government of India|Indian Government]].<br />
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In 1960 he joined [[Panjab University]], Chandigarh, as Professor and Head of its Hindi Department, a post that he held till his retirement.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
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Hazari Prasad Dwivedi's were very best sahityakar contributions to Indian creative and critical writings are phenomenal and his interests diverse.<br />
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He wrote the following important works in Literary History and Criticism:<br />
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* Sahitya ki Bhumika<br />
* Hindi Sahitya ka Adikala<br />
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The above writings of his gave a new direction to the history of criticism in the Hindi literature.<br />
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He also published his historical analysis of medieval religious life of India in following books:<br />
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* Kabir<br />
* Madhyakalin Dharma Sadhana<br />
* Natha Sampradaya<br />
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His work on medieval saint [[Kabir]] is considered a masterpiece, and is a thoroughly researched analysis of Kabir's thought, works, and teachings.<br />
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He was also an eminent novelist. His novels revolved around Historical themes and personages. His following Historical Novels are considered classics:<br />
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* [[Banbhatt Ki Aatmkatha]] (1946)<br />
* [[Anamdas Ka Potha]]<br />
* Punarnava<br />
* Charu-chandra-Lekha<br />
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He was also a great essayist. Some of his memorable essays are:<br />
* Kalplata (Shirish ke phool and other essays): Shirish ke phool is part of NCERT Hindi book for class XII<br />
* Nakhoon Kyon Barhte Hain (Why do the nails grow)<br />
* Ashok ke phool<br />
* Kutaj<br />
* Alok Parva (Collection)<br />
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He also translated many works from English and other languages to Hindi. These include:<br />
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* [[Prabandha-Chintamani]] (from [[Prakrit]])<br />
* [[Puratana Prabandha Sangraha|Puratan Prabandha Sangraha]]<br />
* Vishva Parichay<br />
* Lal Kaner<br />
*"mouthi mar thi hoa mara"<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1954–59}}<br />
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