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Kunwar Viyogi | |
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| Born | 4 September 1940 Samba, Jammu and Kashmir India |
| Died | 2015 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Notable works | "Ghar" a long poem, Pehliyaan Banga a sonnet sequence of 200 sonnets |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi (1980) |
| Spouse | Prem Rajput (1965–1988; her death) Sudha Chaturvedi (1989) |
| Children | Poonam (daughter) Rashmi (daughter) Shallu (daughter) |
Kunwar Viyogi (4 September 1940 – 2015), born Randhir Singh Jamwal, was a poet, and the only Indian Air Force officer to have received the Sahitya Akademi Award, which was awarded in 1980 for his long Dogri language poem "Ghar."[1] He used "Ghar" [Home] as a peg and strung together 238 four-lines verses embracing a wide variety of subjects and ideas and feelings into a long poem. He is also the youngest poet in the history of Sahitya Akademi to have received this honour. Viyogi is noted for introducing the sonnet, a relatively new and unexplored genre for Dogri writers, into Dogri literature.
- ^ "Ghar – the rebellious spirit of the soldier". The Qunit. Retrieved 17 October 2016.