Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864, Daulatpur – 1938) was a noted India

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n Hindi

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 writer. Adhunikkaal, or the Modern period of the Hindi literature

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 is divided into four phases, and he represents the second phase, known as the Dwivedi Yug (1893–1918) after him, which was preceded by the Bharatendu

Bharatendu Harishchandra

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 Yug (1868–1893), followed by the Chhayavad Yug (1918–1937) and the Contemporary Period (1937–present).

Early life

He was born in Daulatapur village in present-day Raebareli District

Raebareli District

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 of Uttar Pradesh

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. His father Ramsahay Dwivedi was in British Indian Army.

Career

During his Indian Railways

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 service in Jhansi

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 in the 1880s, Dwivedi earned wide fame as a writer and litterateur. He published his translations and the critical works including Sahitya Sandarbh and Vichar Vimarsh.

In 1903, Dwivedi joined the Hindi monthly, Saraswati and was able to edit the journal with a knowledge of both classical and contemporary literature gained from his writing experiences. During his tenure as the editor (1903–20), Saraswati became most popular Hindi magazine.

He was considered as the mentor of Maithili Sharan Gupt

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, another noted Hindi poet and writer.
He was a Kanyakubja Brahmin

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Works

• Kavyamanjusha
• Kavitakalap (1909)
• Suman
• Meri Jivan Yatra
• Sahitya Sandarbh

External links

• Brief profile at indiavisitinformation.com, Retrieved 2011-07-02.