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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Omprakash Valmiki<br />
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| birth_name = Omprakash singh<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|06|30|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|11|17|1950|06|30|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dehradun, Uttarakhand]], India<br />
| occupation = Writer, poet<br />
| genre = autobiography <br />
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| spouse = Chanda Khairwal<br />
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'''Omprakash Valmiki''' (30 June 1950 – 17 November 2013) was an Indian writer and poet.<ref name="Delhi">{{cite book|others=University of Delhi|title=Indian Literature : An Introduction|date=September 2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mivv3p-msd8C&pg=PA322|access-date=30 August 2011|publisher=78Education India|isbn=978-81-317-0520-9|page=322}}</ref> Well known for his autobiography, ''Jootan'', considered a milestone in [[Dalit literature]].<ref name="NelavalaUniversity2008">{{cite book|last1=Nelavala|first1=Surekha|last2=University|first2=Drew|title=Liberation beyond borders: Dalit feminist hermeneutics and four gospel women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RqEQiqxVWn0C&pg=PA45|access-date=30 August 2011|year=2008|isbn=978-0-549-68988-1|page=45}}</ref> <br />
He was born at the village of Barla in the [[Muzzafarnagar]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. After retirement from Government Ordnance Factory he lived in [[Dehradun]] where he died of complications arising out of stomach cancer on 17 November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india/2013/11/131117_omprakash_valmiki_death_sm |title=ओमप्रकाश वाल्मीकि नहीं रहे - BBC Hindi - भारत |date=17 November 2013 |publisher=BBC.co.uk |access-date=2013-11-20}}</ref><br />
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Besides ''Jootan'' (his biography) (1997), Valmiki published three collections of poetry: ''Sadiyon Ka Santaap'' (1989), ''Bas! Bahut Ho Chuka'' (1997), and ''Ab Aur Nahin'' (2009). He also wrote two collections of short stories, ''Salaam'' (2000), and ''Ghuspethiye'' (2004). In addition, he wrote ''Dalit Sahitya Ka Saundaryshaastra'' (2001) and a history of the Valmiki community, ''Safai Devata'' (2009), ''Do Chera''' (a play).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalit-writer-Omprakash-Valmiki-no-more/articleshow/25998146.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121102207/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-18/india/44201313_1_dalit-joothan-hindi-literature |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-11-21 |title=Dalit writer Omprakash Valmiki no more |date= |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-11-20}}</ref> His 15 short stories have been translated into English by Naresh K. Jain for the collection ''Amma and Other Stories in 2008.''<br />
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