Name: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar.
Date of Birth: 23 September 1908.
Died: 24 April 1974.
Nationality: Indian.
Pen name: Dinkar.
Occupation: Poet, Freedom fighter, Member of Parliament, Essayist, Literary critic, Journalist, and Satirist.
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award in 1959 for his work Sanskriti ke char Upadhyay, and Jnanpith Award in 1972 for Urvashi.
Books:
- Mitti ki Or (1946).
- Chittaur ka Saakaa (1948).
- Ardhanaarishwar (1952).
- Reti ki Phool (1954).
- Hamaari Saanskritik Ekta (1954).
- Bhaarat ki Saanskritik Kahaani (1955).
- Raashtrabhaasha aur Rashtriya Ekta (1955).
- Ujli Aag (1956).
- Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaay (1956).
- Kaavya ki Bhumikaa (1958).
- Pant, Prasad aur Maithilisharan (1958).
- Venu Van (1958).
- Dharma, Naitikataa aur Vigyan (1959).
- Vat-Peepal (1961).
- Lokdev Nehru (1965).
- Shuddh Kavitaa ki Khoj (1966).
- Saahityamukhi (1968).
- He Ram! (1968).
- Samsmaran aur Shraddhaanjaliyan (1970).
- Meri Yatrayen (1971).
- Bhaaratiya Ekta (1971).
- Dinkar ki Daayri (1973).
- Chetana ki Shilaa (1973).
- Vivah ki Musibaten (1973).
- Aadhunik Bodh (1973).
Major poetic Books:
- Pranbhang (1929)
- Renuka (1935)
- Hunkar (epic poem) (1938)
- Rasavanti (1939)
- Dvandvageet (1940)
- Kurukshetra (1946)
- Dhoop Chhah (1946)
- Saamdheni (1947)
- Baapu (1947)
- Itihas ke Aansoo (1951)
- Dhup aur Dhuan (1951)
- Mirch ka Mazaa (1951)
- Rashmirathi (1952)
- Dilli (1954)
- Neem ke Patte (1954)
- Suraj ka Byaah (1955)
- Neel Kusum (1954)
- Samar Shesh Hai (1954)
- Chakravaal (1956)
- Kavishri (1957)
- Seepee aur Shankh (1957)
- Naye Subhaashit (1957)
- Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
- Urvashi (1961)
- Parashuram ki Pratiksha (1963)
- Koylaa aur Kavitva (1964)
- Mritti Tilak (1964)
- Atmaa ki Ankhe (1964)
- Haare ko Harinaam (1970)
- Bhagvaan Ke Daakiye (1970)
