Viveki Rai


Viveki Rai was an Indian writer who penned over fifty books.
He was a famous literary figure of Hindi and Bhojpuri literature. He belonged to Bhumihar community of Sonwani village in Ghazipur. He was a well known Hindi Lalit Nibandhakaar. 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 Bharati Samman award in 2006 for his contribution to Hindi literature. He has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Samman by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Sri Rai has been awarded by Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Award of Srimath Kashi on 14 January 2012 in Varanasi.
He criticized the Indian Emergency through his writing. He also published some notable essays.
After a long illness, Rai died on 22 November 2016.

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 BhavanNamami GramamaDehri keCircusSona MatiKalatitGunga JahajPurush PuranSamar Shesh HaiFir Baitalawa Dar ParAam Rasta Nahin HaiAngan Ke BandanvarAstha Aur ChintanAtithiBaboolChali Fagunhat Baure AamGamvai Gandh GulabJivan Agyan Ka Ganith HaiLautkar DekhnaLokrinManbodh Master Ki DiaryMere Shuddha ShraddheyMeri Terah KahaniyanNarendra Kohli Apratim Katha YatriSawalon Ke SamneShwet 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