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{{Infobox writer
| caption = Viveki Rai
| image = Vivekee Rai.jpeg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1924|11|19|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|22 |1924|11|19 | df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_place = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = Writer
| nationality = Indian
}}

'''Viveki Rai''' (19 November 1924 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian writer who penned over fifty books.

He was a famous literary figure of [[Hindi]] and [[Bhojpuri]] literature. He belonged to [[Bhumihar Brahmin]] community of [[Sonwani]] village in [[Ghazipur]]. He was a well known Hindi Lalit Nibandhakaar.<ref>राजीवरंजन, विवेकी राय के निबंधों में जीवन-संवेदन, नवनिकष, विवेकी राय विशेषांक, (सम्पादन) लक्ष्मीकांत पाण्डेय, वर्ष-२, अंक-५, नवम्बर, २००८ , पृष्ठ ३६-३९</ref> He received numerous awards from the government of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. ''Sonamati'' is his most popular novel. He was awarded [[Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award]] in 2001 and [[Uttar Pradesh]]'s prestigious [[Yash Bharti Award|Yash Bharati Samman]] award in 2006 for his contribution to [[Hindi literature]].<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/498258.cms
| title = Cong sees red as UP honours Abhishek
| work = [[The Times of India]]
| date = 2006-11-21
| access-date = 2009-01-23
}}</ref> He has been awarded the [[Mahatma Gandhi]] Samman by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] government.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=201205
| title = Namwar Singh, Ramesh Kuntal to be awarded Hindi Sansthan awards
| publisher = Express India
| date = 2006-09-13
| access-date = 2009-01-23
}}</ref>
Sri Rai has been awarded by [[Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Award]] of [[Srimath]] [[Varanasi|Kashi]] on 14 January 2012 in [[Varanasi]].
He criticized the [[Indian Emergency]] through his writing.<ref>{{cite book
| first = O.P.
| last = Mathur
| title = Indira Gandhi and the emergency as viewed in the Indian novel
| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WgV60AcjoHAC
| publisher = Sarup & Sons
| year = 2004
| isbn = 978-81-7625-461-8
}}</ref> He also published some notable essays.<ref>{{cite book
| first = Amaresh Datta
| last = Datta
| title = Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2
| publisher = [[Sahitya Akademi]]
| year = 1988
| pages = 914
| isbn = 978-81-260-1194-0
}}</ref>
After a long illness, Rai died on 22 November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur-notable-writer-dr-viveki-rai-passes-away-15078199.html |title=Notable Writer Dr. Viveki Rai Passes Away 15078199 |publisher=Jagran.com |date=2016-07-20 |access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>

==Early life==
Viveki Rai was born in Bharauli village of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, India. He lost his father when he was a young child. He got his early education at his maternal place. His first employment was as a teacher at his village Sonwani. However, after a couple of years he moved to Sri Sarvodaya Inter College, [[Khardiha]] and started teaching Hindi. It was village Khardiha where he got recognition as a writer. After a few years at Khardiha he was employed at post graduate college Ghazipur as lecturer.

==List of works==

===Hindi===
* ''Mangal Bhavan''
* ''Namami Gramama''
* ''Dehri ke''
* ''Circus''
* ''Sona Mati''
* ''Kalatit''
* ''Gunga Jahaj''
* ''Purush Puran''
* ''Samar Shesh Hai''
* ''Fir Baitalawa Dar Par''
* ''Aam Rasta Nahin Hai''
* ''Angan Ke Bandanvar''
* ''Astha Aur Chintan''
* ''Atithi''
* ''Babool''
* ''Chali Fagunhat Baure Aam''
* ''Gamvai Gandh Gulab''
* ''Jivan Agyan Ka Ganith Hai''
* ''Lautkar Dekhna''
* ''Lokrin''
* ''Manbodh Master Ki Diary''
* ''Mere Shuddha Shraddhey''
* ''Meri Terah Kahaniyan''
* ''[[Narendra Kohli]] Apratim Katha Yatri''
* ''Sawalon Ke Samne''
* ''Shwet Patra''
* ''Yeh Jo Hai Gayatri''

====Literary Criticism====
* ''Kalpana Aur Hindi Sahitya'', Anila Prakāśana, 1999.

====Others====
* ''MERI SHRESHTHA VYANGYA RACHNAYEN'', 1984.

===Bhojpuri===

====Essays and Poetry====
* ''Bhojapurī nibandha nikuñja: Bhojapurī ke taintālīsa go cunala nibandha'', Akhila Bhāratīya Bhojapurī Sāhitya Sammelana, 1977.
* ''Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī: Bhojapurī kahānī, nibandha, saṃsmaraṇa'', Bhojapurī Saṃsthāna, 1992.
* ''Janatā ke pokharā: tīni go Bhojapurī kavitā'', Bhojapurī Sāhitya Saṃsthāna, 1984.
* ''Bhojapurī Akādamī, Paṭanā, tisarakā vārshikotsava samāroha, Ravivāra, 2 Maī 1982, ke avasara para āyojita vyākhyānamālā meṃ Bhojapurī kathā sāhitya ke vikāsa vishaya para Ḍô. Vivekī Rāya ... ke vyākhyāna'', Bhojapurī Akādamī, 1982.

=== Stories ===

* Chhat ke talas

====Novels====
* ''Amangalhari'', Bhojpurī Saṃsthāna, 1998.
* ''Ke Kahala Chunarī Rangā la'', [[Bhojpuri]] Saṃsāda, 1968.
* ''Guru-Grih Gayau Padhan Raghurai'', 1992.

===Ph.D. Dissertations on Viveki Rai===
* Viveki Rai Ke Upanyasom Mein Anchalikata-By.Rajeemole C R [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]]
* Gaav Ke Badalate Swaroop:Viveki Rai Ke Upanyason Ke Visesh Sandarbh Me-By. Daissy Peter, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit
* Dr Viveki Rai Vyaktitav Aur Krititav-By D K Bamane, [[University of Mumbai]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Amaresh Datta, Mohan Lal, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature : Navaratri-Sarvasena'', [[Sahitya Akademi]], 1991.

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