Sonroopa Vishal

Sonroopa Vishal (born 30 October 1977) is an Indian writer, poet and author, who writes in the Hindi language. The State Government of Uttar Pradesh awarded her with the Harivansh Rai Bachchan Navodit Geetkaar Award in 2015 and Jagadish Gupta Sarjana Award in 2019. She is the daughter of famous Hindi poet Dr. Urmilesh Shankhdhar. In September 2019, she was honoured with the Jagadish Gupta Award for her book America Aur 45 Din by the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan.

Her third book is Pichle Baras Ka Gulmohur, a poetry collection which was published in 2019. She is the editor of Dr. Urmilesh special issue of Saraswati Suman magazine.

Sonroopa Vishal has also co-authored several books and anthologies, including Stri Hokar Saval Karti Hai, Samkaleen Mahila Ghazalkar, Kavita Anvarat and Srajan Ke Sitare. She has recited and performed her poetry during Kavi sammelan at Red Fort, Sahitya Academy, IIT Kharagpur, to various TV channels. In 2018, she was honoured with the Geet-Ghazal Shiromani Award by the Consulate-General of India in Washington. Vishal was awarded the Yuva Ratna Shikhar Samman at the 24th National Youth Festival under the banner of the Institute of Professional Studies in November 2018. In November 2012, Sonroopa Vishal was awarded the 'Kala Shree Samman' at the International Hindi Conference organized by the Adharshila Sansthan in Mauritius. In March 2018, she was given Sahitya Gaurav Samman by Rajya Karmachari Sahitya Sansthan, UP, and the award was bestowed by Ram Naik, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She received the 'Kavita Ke Chhupe Rustam' Award in SAB TV's comic poetry series, Wah Wah Kya Baat Hai in 2012.