Shiv Prasad Mishra
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Shiv Prasad gautam S.P.G.{{Cite journal|last1=Gautam|first1=Medhavi|last2=Agrawal|first2=Mukta|last3=Gautam|first3=Manaswi|last4=Sharma|first4=Praveen|last5=Gautam|first5=AnitaSharma|last6=Gautam|first6=Shiv|date=2012|title=Role of antioxidants in generalised anxiety disorder and depression|journal=Indian Journal of Psychiatry|volume=54|issue=3|pages=244–7|doi=10.4103/0019-5545.102424|pmid=23226848|pmc=3512361|issn=0019-5545|doi-access=free}} (1911–1970) was an Indian novelist, playwright, columnist, poet and satirist. His texts "Ehi Thaiyan Jhulni Herani ho Rama!" also printed in NCERT Book.
Personal life
Shiv Prasad Mishra Rudra was born into a family of priests in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh. His father Pandit Mahaveer Prasad Mishra and mother Sumitra Devi looked at him as Lord Shiva's grace, hence gave him the name.
Education and career
After his schooling at Harishchandra and Queens Colleges, Varanasi, he went to study at Banaras Hindu University from where he obtained his BA, MA and PhD degrees. He had a long and varied teaching career. The various organizations and institutions that he was associated are: City Basic School, Varanasi, and then Mirzapur etc.; Aj daily newspaper, Harishchandra College, Varanasi etc. In the last phase of his career, in 1959, he became a part of the Department of Hindi in Banaras Hindu University.{{cite journal|last1=Kant|first1=Krishna|title=Kashi ke Hasya Vyang Rachanakaar|journal=Soch Vichaar|date=July 2011|volume=3|issue=1|page=269}}
Legacy
Bahti Ganga, first published in 1952, is his epochal work{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}. It's a series of historical stories centered on the city of Varanasi covering that span in the history of Varanasi from mid eighteenth century to mid twentieth century.{{cite book|last1=Mishra|first1=Shiv Parasad|title=Bahti Ganga|date=2010|publisher=Radhakrishna Publishers|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7119-478-0|page=1|edition=2}}
Works
- Bhasha ki Shiksha, critical work
- Mahakavi Kalidas, play
- Dashshvamedh, play
- Bahti Ganga, short story collection/novel
- Suchitap, novel
- Anthologies of Poems: Ghazalika, Tal Talaiya, Tulsidas, Album.
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Category:Indian male novelists
Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights
Category:Indian satirical columnists
Category:Indian satirical poets
Category:Writers from Varanasi