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 '''Kedarnath Agarwal''' (also spelled as Agrawal and Aggarwal) (1911–2000) was a [[Hindi]] language poet and writer.
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 * ''Anhari Haryali''
 * ''Khuli Aankhein Khuli Daine''
 == References ==

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'''Kedarnath Agarwal''' (also spelled as Agrawal and Aggarwal) (1911–2000) was a [[Hindi]] language poet and writer.
==Biography==
Agarwal was born on 1 April 1911 to Hanuman Prasad Gupta and his wife Ghasiti Devi in the village of Kamasin in [[Banda district (India)|Banda district]] in the [[Bundelkhand]] region of the present-day [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} He acquired B.A. and L.L.B. degrees, and became a practising advocate in Banda in 1938.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

He was a member of the Pragatisheel Lekhak Sangh, a body inspired by the [[leftist]] [[Progressive Writers' Movement]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} His writings have been translated into [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], and [[Russian language|Russian]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

Agarwal received the Soviet Land Nehru Prize in 1973 and the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award in 1986.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} In 1995, Bundelkhand university conferred an honorary doctorate in literature (D.Litt.) upon him.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} Other accolades included the Hindi Sansthan Uttar Pradesh Puraskar (1981), Tulsi Puraskar (1986), Mythili Sharan Gupta Puraskar (1990–91), and the Sahitya Vachaspati Manad Upaadhi (1990).{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

Agarwal served as president of the Arya Kanya Intermediate College for many years.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} He was associated with the Vinoba Bhave College located in Kamasin village, his birthplace.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} He also served for one year as president of the local Bar Association in Banda.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

Agarwal was married to Parvati Devi.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} The couple had two daughters and a son.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} Agarwal died on 22 June 2000.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

== Published work ==

{{Unreferenced section|date= June 2018}}
Agarwal's published books are:
* ''Yug Ki Ganga''
* ''Neend Ke Badal''
* ''Lok Aur Alok''
* ''Phool nahin Rang Bolte Hain''
* ''Aag Ka Aayeena''
* ''Bambay ka Raktasnan''
* ''Gulmehndi''
* ''Pankh aur Patwar''
* ''Mar Pyar ki Thapein''
* ''He Meri Tum''
* ''Kahein Kedar Khari Khari''
* ''Apoorva''
* ''Vah Chidiya Jo''
* ''Jamun Jal Tumzsa''
* ''Bole Bol Abol''
* ''Jo Shilayein Todte Hain''
* ''Aatma Gandh''
* ''Anhari Haryali''
* ''Khuli Aankhein Khuli Daine''

==The Kedar Samman==
The Kedar Shod Peeth is a foundation dedicated to commemorating Kedarnath Agarwal's contributions to literature. Every year, it awards the Kedar Samman to a writer for outstanding contributions to literature.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2 Kedarnath Agarwal at Kavita Kosh] '''(Hindi)'''
* [http://www.bhaiyyu.com/tag/kedarnath-agarwal/ ''English translation of a poem '']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528013222/http://www.hindisahitya.org/category/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2/ ''All Poems of Kedar Nath Agrawal at Hindi Sahitya '']

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