Raghuvanshmani

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Raghuvanshmani is a poet, translator and critic writing in Hindi language. He was born in 1964, 30 June at Lucknow. His father Acharya Ram Mani Tripathi was the Head Priest of Sanatan Dharm Temples Federation in Mauritius. He passed his early days there and got his early education. Later his father returned to India and joined Shardula Sanskrit Vidyapeeth as a professor in Linguistics. Raghuvanshmani lived there and came to Faizabad, U.P. where his father passed away in the year 1972. He got rest of his education from this very place. He postgraduated in English literature and completed his research on W.B. Yeats under the supervision of Pt. Ram Kumar Tripathi. He taught at B.N.K.B. PG College, Ambedkarnagar from 1984 to 1988. At present he teaches at Shivharsha Kisan PG college, Basti, U.P.

As a critic Raghuvanshmani has published his articles in reputed Hindi literary magzines. He has mainly contributed his articles on contemporary Hindi literature and critical theory. His articles on secularism and communalism were widely read. He was among the writers who opposed communal violence during the regime of Bharatiya Janta Party in India. As a critic he is a liberal humanist with a Marxist bias.He has edited several booklets. For his critical contribution he was awarded the prestigious Dr Ramvilas Sharma Samman for criticism. He is one of the major young voices in the arena of Hindi criticism.

In Hindi world he is also known for his translation of some seminal essays related to critical theory. His book Samay Mein Hastakshep is a fine collection of such translated articles. His critical essays are published in the form of a book under the title Nirwachan[2007]. His poems have appeared in various magazines.

He has a Hindi blog [www.wangmaya.blogspot.com].

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