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