Nand Chaturvedi

Nand Chaturvedi (1923–2014) was a socialist, a well-known Hindi poet and a littérateur.

Education and works
Born in a Brahmin family, Nand Chaturvedi had a Master of Arts degree in Hindi from Rajasthan University. He was editor of the quarterly journal Bindu from 1966 to 1972.

Apart from teaching, he used to write poems. A few of his popular works are:

* Yeh Samai Mamuli Nahin, "these are not ordinary times", in 1983.

* Shabd Sansar ki Yayavari, collection of essays, in 1985.

* Imandar Dunya Ke Liye, "for honest world", in 1994.

* Woh Soye To Nahin Honge, in 1997.

* Utsav Ka Nirmam Samai, "crucial times of this festival".

Awards

 * He was a recipient of Bihari Puraskar of KK Birla Foundation in 1996 for Yeh Samai mamuli nahin.
 * Prasar Bharati honoured him with the Prasaran Sanmaan in 1998.
 * He was a recipient of Equality Writer Award by Astha Sansthan in January 2007.
 * He was chosen for year 2008's Sahitya Vachaspati, the top literary honour of the Prayag Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. It was conferred to him at Jaipur in March 2008.
 * He was honoured with Mira Puraskar, the highest literary honour of the Rajasthan Government.
 * He was also conferred with Lok Mangal Puraskar of Mumbai.

Personal life
He died on 25 December 2014; he was survived by four sons and two daughters.