Gyan Chaturvedi
{{Short description|Indian writer and satirist}}
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| birth_date = 2 August 1952
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| occupation = Writer, cardiologist
| children = 2 children
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| awards = Padma Shri
Sharad Joshi Samman
Delhi Academy Award
Indu Sharma Literary Award
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Gyan Chaturvedi is an Indian writer and satirist in Hindi language,{{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}}{{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}} known for his satirical novels,{{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 }} Baramasi{{cite book | title=Baramasi | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2009 | pages=247 | isbn=978-8126708673}} and Narak Yathra.{{cite book | title=Narak Yatra | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2010 | pages=238 | isbn=978-8126715640}} He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.{{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 }}
Biography
Chaturvedi was born on 2 August 1952 at Mauranipur, in Jhansi district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.{{cite web | url=http://rajkamalprakashan.com/default/jmproducts/filter/index/?author=104 | title=Biography | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2015 | access-date=20 February 2015}} 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. He started writing in the 70s with his first published work, Dharmayug. 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 Literary Award. 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){{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}}
- Khamosh Nange Hamaam Mein Hain (2004){{cite book | title=Khamosh Nange Hamaam Mein Hain | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2004 | pages=115 | isbn=978-8126705184}}
- Marichika (2007){{cite book | title=Marichika | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2007 | isbn=978-8126713066}}
- Baramasi (2009)
- Narak Yathra (2010)
- Alag (2010){{cite book | title=Alag | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2010 | pages=312 | isbn=978-8126719600}}
- Pratyansha (2010){{cite book | title=Pratyansha | publisher=Bharatiya Gyanpith | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2010 | pages=249 | isbn=978-8126320608}}
- Ham Na Marab (2014){{cite book | title=Ham Na Marab | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2014 | pages=312 | isbn=978-8126726004}}
- Pagalkhana (2020){{cite book | title=Pagalkhana | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Gyan Chaturvedi | year=2020| pages=271| isbn=978-9387462748}}
- Swang (2021){{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}}{{div col end}}
References
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
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Category:People from Jhansi district
Category:Scientists from Bhopal
Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors
Category:20th-century Indian novelists
Category:Novelists from Madhya Pradesh
Category:20th-century Indian male writers
Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education