Rewa Prasad Dwivedi

Rewa Prasad Dwivedi
Born	(1935-08-22)22 August 1935 Nadner, Gwalior State, British India
Died	21 May 2021 (aged 85)[1] Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India[2]
Occupation	Writer educator critic
Language	Sanskrit
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	India
Education	Acharya and M.A.-Sanskrit (Banaras Hindu University) Ph.D. (Ravi Shankar University, 1965) D.Litt. (Jabalpur University, 1974)
Genres	Poetry, plays, prose, literary scholarship
Notable awards	President's Award for Lifetime Achievement (1978) Mahamahopadhyaya P. V. Kane Gold Medal (1983) Srivani Alamkarana (1999) Kabir Samman for outstanding contribution to Indian Poetry (2017)

Rewa Prasad Dwivedi (22 August 1935 – 21 May 2021) was a Sanskrit scholar, poet, writer, teacher, and critic. His original works include poetry as epics and lyrics, plays, and prose. He wrote the new literature under the pseudonym "sanatana", meaning 'the eternal'. He is also known as 'Acharya' Dwivedi ('the scholar' or 'the expert' Dwivedi).

Dwivedi's scholarship includes work on literary principles including modern theories in Sanskrit poetics and dramaturgy and preserving (editing, compiling, indexing, and republishing) the works of all major Sanskrit scholars.^{[citation needed]}