Vishwanath Tiwari

Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940) is an Indian poet, editor, critic and a former president of the Sahitya Akademi who served to the post from 2013 to 2018. He has published around 50 books in Hindi on various genres such as criticism, poetry, travelogues, biographies, interviews besides editing books. He served as the head of the department and acharya for Hindi at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University until he retired in 2001. After starting his writing career he published his first uncertain book in 1970.

Awards Year Award Nominated work Result 2023 Padma Shri Contribution to Literature and Education 2019 Moortidevi Award Asti Aur Bhavti 2019 Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Contribution to Hindi literature 2019 Gangadhar National Award 2011 Vyas Samman Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega