Ram Vilas Sharma

Ram Vilas Sharma (10 October 1912 – 30 May 2000) was a progressive literary critic, linguist, poet and thinker. He was born in Unchgaon Sani, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh.

In 1939 he wrote a scholarly paper on Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', presented at a session of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan.

Early life Sharma was born on 10 October 1912 at Unchagaon Sani of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. He received his early education in his native village and at Jhansi.

Among the Hindi writers those who impressed him most, besides Nirala the poet, are Acharya Shukla the critic, Bhartendu the pioneer and Premchand the novelist. He took them up for detailed study and wrote authentic literary criticism on them, though from the progressive angle. He analysed their personality and brought out their contribution to Hindi literature. According to him Bhartendu Harishchandra, Premchand and Nirala are outstanding not only as litterateurs but also as men endowed with magnanimity of soul.

Assessment of Acharya Shukla In his assessment of Acharya Shukla (Acharya Ramchandra Shukla aur Hindi Alochana) critic Sharma emphasises the fact that the writer opposed feudal and courtly literature as it did not give a true picture of the life of the common people and contemporary society.

List of works

Bharatiya Sahitya ki Bhumika Nirala ki Sahitya Sadhana (3 volumes) Premchand aur unka yug Acharya Ramchandra Shukla aur Hindi alochna Bhartendu Harishchandra aur Hindi navjagaran ki samasyayen Bhartendu Yug aur Hindi bhasha ki vikas parampara Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi aur Hindi navjagaran Nai kavita aur astitvavad Bharat ki bhasha samasya Astha aur saundarya Bhasha aur samaj Parampara ka mulyankan Bharat mein angrazi raj aur marxvad (2 volumes) Marx aur pichde huye samaj Ghar ki baat Bharat ke Pracheen bhasha parivar aur Hindi (3 volumes) Dhool aitihasik bhashavigyan aur hindi Pragati aur Parampara