Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari in 2012, New Delhi
Born1940 (age 8485)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationPoet, Editor, Critic
LanguageHindi
EducationPhD
Alma materDeen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
Genre
  • Poetry
  • Criticism
  • Travelogue
  • Biography
Years active1970–present
Notable awardsPadma Shri (2023)
Vyas Samman (2011)

Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940) is an Indian poet, editor, critic and a former president of the Sahitya Akademi who served to the post from 2013 to 2018. He has published around 50 books in Hindi on various genres such as criticism, poetry, travelogues, biographies, interviews besides editing books.