Viveki Rai is a famous literary figure of Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur

Ghazipur

Ghazipur , or Ghazipur City, previously spelt Ghazeepore, is a city/town and a municipal corporation and headquarter of Ghazipur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ghazipur Division and Sub-division...

. He got many awards from U P Govt. He has written more than 50 books. Sonamati is a popular novel of Mr.Rai. He was awarded Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, , Ministry of Human Resource Development, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi Travel Literature...

 in 2001 and Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

's prestigious Yash Bharati Award in 2006 for his contribution to Hindi Literature

Hindi literature

Hindi literature , is broadly divided into four prominent forms or styles, being Bhakti ; Shringar ; Veer-Gatha ; and Adhunik...

. He has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

 Samman by the Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 government.

He criticized Indian Emergency through his novel Katra bi Aarzoo written by Rahi Masoom Raza

Rahi Masoom Raza

Rahi Masoom Reza, born in Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh in a Muslim family, was a famous Urdu shayar. He also won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for the hit film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki in 1979. He also wrote in Hindustani and Hindi language...

, which is the most direct and effective condemnation in Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

fiction. He has also published some good essays.

Hindi

• Mangal Bhavan
• Namami Gramam
• Dehri ke paar

• Circus
• Sonamati
• Kalatit
• Gunga Jahaj
• Purush Puran
• Samar Shesh Hai
• Fir Baitalawa Dar Par
• Aam Rasta Nahin Hai
• Angan Ke Bandanvar
• Astha Aur Chintan
• Atithi
• Babool
• Chali Fagunhat Baure Aam
• Gamvai Gandh Gulab

• Jivan Agyan Ka Ganith Hai
• Lautkar Dekhna
• Lokrin
• Manbodh Master Ki Diary
• Mere Shuddha Shraddhey
• Meri Terah Kahaniyan
• Narendra Kohli Apratim Katha Yatri
• Sawalon Ke Samne
• Shwet Patra
• Yeh Jo Hai Gayatri

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.

Novels

• Amangalhari, Bhojapurī Saṃsthāna, 1998.
• Ke kahala cunarī ran̐gā la, Bhojapurī Saṃsāda, 1968.
• Guru-grih gayau padhan raghurai, 1992.