Rawat Saraswat

Indian poet

Hanumanprasad Saraswat (father)
Bnarasi Devi (mother)

AwardsDeepchand Sahitya Award, Rajasthan Ratnakar, Rajasthan Sahitya Sangam Academy, Bikaner^{[citation needed]}

Rawat Saraswat was a distinguished Indian poet,^[1]^[2]^[3] editor, critic and scholar who focused on the Rajasthani language.^[4]

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.^[4]^[5]^[6] In addition to writing his own Rajasthani poetry, Saraswat also edited old Rajasthani texts and compiled a "Who's Who" of Rajasthani writers.^[6] He was also noted for his essays.^[7]

He was awarded a Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi award.^[8]

Bibliography

Aaj Ri Kavitavan (Anthology of Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry) compiled and edited by Hiralal Maheshwari and Rawat Saraswat, 1987.^[9]

References

^ Sharma, I. K. (1974). "Contemporary Poetry In Rajasthan". Indian Literature. 17 (3): 29–37. JSTOR 23330928.
^ Sharma, I. K. (1990). "Rajasthani Scene: Looking Up". Indian Literature. 6 (140): 156–163. JSTOR 23338969.
^ Sharma, I. K. (1981). "Modern Rajasthani Poetry: A Synoptic View". Indian Literature. 24 (4): 70–77. JSTOR 23330210.
^ ^a ^b Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry edited and translated by I.K. Sharma, Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya Sangam (Academy), Bikaner, India, 1979, page 185.
^ Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry edited and translated by I.K. Sharma, Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya Sangam (Academy), Bikaner, India, 1979, page xxi.
^ ^a ^b Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and Poems edited by K. M. George, Sahitya Akademi, 1992, page 997.
^ Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Volume 2: Devraj to Jyoti edited by Amaresh Datta, Sahitya Akademi, 1988, page 1232.
^ George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose. Sahitya Akademi. p. 997.
^ Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India, a Short History of Sahitya Akademi by D. S. Rao, 2004, page 134.