| 'Acharya' Hazari Prasad Dwivedi हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी |
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| Born | August 19, 1907 Chhapra Village, Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh, British India |
| Died | May 19, 1979 (aged-71/72) Delhi |
| Occupation | Writer, Essayist, Scholar, Historian, Novelist, Critic |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable work(s) | Nakhoon Kyon Barhte Hain, Kutaj, Alok Parva etc. |
| Notable award(s) | 1973: Sahitya Akademi Award 1957: Padma Bhushan |
'Acharya' Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी) (August 19, 1907 – May 19, 1979) was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He penned numerous novels, collections of essays and a historical outline of Hindi literature.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Hindi literature, and the 1973 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi, for his collection of essays, 'Alok Parva'[1].
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Acharya was born on August 19, 1907 in Arat-Dubeka Chhapra, a village in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh[2].
He passed the "Shastri" examination at Sanskrit University and on 18 November, 1930 he was appointed as a Hindi teacher at Santiniketan, where he remained till 1950. Later, he became professor and head of Hindi Departments at Banaras Hindu University and Panjab University, Chandigarh.
He was also associated with Hindi related programmes of the Indian Government."Banbhatta Ki Atmakatha","Anamdas Ka Potha","Punarnava",and "Charuchandra Lekh" are his master works.He was also a great Hindi essay writer. Some of his memorable essays are "Nakhoon Kyon Barhte Hain","Kutaj" and "Ashok ke phool".
  | Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Collection - Collection - Vol. II No. 1 April - June 1994 |
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