Ashok Vajpeyi

Not to be confused with Ashok Bajpai.

Ashok Vajpeyi
With his books at a seminar in IGNOU
With his books at a seminar in IGNOU
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Durg, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
OccupationChairman, Lalit Kala Akademi India's National Academy of Arts (2008–2011), poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic
LanguageHindi
The Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, Shri Ashok Vajpeyi interacting with the media, in New Delhi on 15 December 2011

Ashok Vajpeyi (Hindi: अशोक वाजपेयी; born 1941) is an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic, apart from being a noted cultural and arts administrator, and a former civil servant. He was chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi India's National Academy of Arts, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, 2008–2011.[1][2] He has published over 23 books of poetry, criticism and art, and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, in 1994 for his poetry collection, Kahin Nahin Wahin.[3][4] His notable poetry collections include, Shaher Ab Bhi Sambhavana Hai (1966), Tatpurush (1986), Bahuri Akela (1992), Ibarat Se Giri Matrayen, Ummeed ka Doosra Naam (2004) and Vivaksha (2006), besides this he has also published works on literary and art criticism: Filhal, Kuchh Poorvagrah, Samay se Bahar, Kavita ka Galp and Sidhiyan Shuru ho Gayi Hain. He is generally seen as part of the old Delhi-centric literary-cultural establishment consisting of bureaucrat-poets and academicians like Sitakanta Mahapatra, Keki Daruwalla, J.P.Das, Gopi Chand Narang, Indra Nath Choudhari and K.Satchidanandan.[5]

  1. ^ "General Council Members". Lalit Kala Akademi website. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ "The Word: Ashok Vajpeyi , Poet and former chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi". Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 09, Dated. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Ashok Vajpeyi". Jaipur Literature Festival. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference hindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Amit Prakash, Y.P. Rajesh (1 November 1995). "The Literary Mafia". Outlook Magazine.