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|name = Rawat Saraswat<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|1|22}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Churu, Rajasthan]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1989|12|16|1921|1|22}}<br />
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|occupation = [[Poet]]<br />
| father = Hanumanprasad Saraswat<br />
| mother = Bnarasi Devi<br />
| awards = Deepchand Sahitya Award, Rajasthan Ratnakar, Rajasthan Sahitya Sangam Academy, Bikaner{{cn|date=April 2023}}<br />
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'''Rawat Saraswat''' was a distinguished [[Indian poet]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Contemporary Poetry In Rajasthan|jstor=23330928|last1=Sharma |first1=I. K. |journal=Indian Literature |year=1974 |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=29–37 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Rajasthani Scene: Looking Up|jstor=23338969|last1=Sharma |first1=I. K. |journal=Indian Literature |year=1990 |volume=6 |issue=140 |pages=156–163 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Modern Rajasthani Poetry: A Synoptic View|jstor=23330210|last1=Sharma |first1=I. K. |journal=Indian Literature |year=1981 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=70–77 }}</ref> editor, critic and scholar who focused on the [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani language]].<ref name="Contemporary">''Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry'' edited and translated by I.K. Sharma, Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya Sangam (Academy), Bikaner, India, 1979, page 185.</ref><br />
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Saraswat received a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Masters in Hindi. He also founded ''Maruvani'', the first Rajasthani journal devoted to the study of that language and literature.<ref name="Contemporary"/><ref>''Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry'' edited and translated by I.K. Sharma, Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya Sangam (Academy), Bikaner, India, 1979, page xxi.</ref><ref name="Modern">''Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and Poems'' edited by K. M. George, Sahitya Akademi, 1992, page 997.</ref> In addition to writing his own Rajasthani poetry, Saraswat also edited old Rajasthani texts and compiled a "Who's Who" of Rajasthani writers.<ref name="Modern"/> He was also noted for his essays.<ref>''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Volume 2: Devraj to Jyoti'' edited by Amaresh Datta, Sahitya Akademi, 1988, page 1232.</ref><br />
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He was awarded a Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi award.<ref>{{cite book |first=K. M. |last=George |author-link=K. M. George (writer)|year=1992 |title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTXougCB-NMC |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |page=997|isbn=978-81-7201-783-5 }}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* ''Aaj Ri Kavitavan (Anthology of Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry)'' compiled and edited by Hiralal Maheshwari and Rawat Saraswat, 1987.<ref>''Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India, a Short History of Sahitya Akademi'' by D. S. Rao, 2004, page 134.</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Indian poets]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*[https://kavitakosh.org/kk/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4 Rawat Saraswat]<br />
*[https://artandculture.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/art-and-culture/rajasthani-language-literature-culture-academy/hi/literary-award-honor/rawat-saraswat-rajasthani-literary-journalism-award.html रावत सारस्वत राजस्थानी साहित्यिक पत्रकारिता पुरस्कार]<br />
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