विवेक चतुर्वेदी
Hindi poet
Biography from the 2025 festival collection.
Vivek Chaturvedi is a contemporary Hindi poet whose sensibilities arise from the pulsating soil of life and society. Born on 3 November 1969, and a postgraduate in Fine Arts, Vivek serves as the Training Coordinator at Kala Niketan Polytechnic College, Jabalpur. His acclaimed poetry collection, “Ladkiyan Ghar Lautti Hain” (published by Vani Prakashan), poignantly portrays the ethical dilemmas of womanhood, memory, and time through a deeply human language. The collection has reached a wide circle of readers through translations into several Indian languages, as well as English and Russian. His literary contribution has been recognized with the State-level Vagishwari Samman (2020), Sumitra Kavita Samman (2024), and National Spandan Samman (2024). His poems, published in leading literary journals such as Nai Duniya, Pahal, Lamhi, and Vagarth, harmoniously weave thought and compassion. Vivek Chaturvedi’s poetry searches for the human essence within the times we live in, where sensitivity, resistance, and beauty coexist in a single breath. He is a craftsman of words who transforms poetry into a pathway for humanity’s return to itself.
Vivek Chaturvedi is a well known Hindi poet of contemporary era whose works remain deeply rooted in the realities of life and society. Born on 3rd November 1969, he earned his Postgraduate degree in Fine Arts and currently serves as the Training Coordinator at Kala Niketan Polytechnic College, Jabalpur. He is widely known for his renowned collection of poems “Ladkiyan Ghar Lautti Hain” (published by Vani Prakashan), which captures the ethical dilemmas of womanhood, memory and time in a tender and sensitive voice. The collection has been published and translated into several Indian languages along with English and Russian, evoking deep emotions among readers across the world. His cultural and creative approach has received the State-level Vagishwari Samman (2020), Sumitra Kavita Samman (2024), and National Spandan Samman (2024). His poems, published in leading literary journals such as Nai Duniya, Pahal, Lamhi, and Vagarth, are a harmonious blend of profound thinking and compassion. Vivek Chaturvedi’s poems play a huge role in evoking and redefining humanity in the modern world, leaving behind the stagnant of lifelessness, absurdity and brutality, weaving a world of sensitivity, coherence, resilience and resistance.
विवेक चतुर्वेदी समकालीन हिंदी कविता के ऐसे कवि हैं जिनकी संवेदना जीवन और समाज की स्पंदित धरती से निकली है। 3 नवम्बर 1969 को जन्मे, ललित कला में स्नातकोत्तर विवेक जबलपुर स्थित कला निकेतन पॉलिटेक्निक महाविद्यालय में प्रशिक्षण समन्वयक हैं। उनका चर्चित कविता-संग्रह “लड़कियाँ घर लौटती हैं” (वाणी प्रकाशन) स्त्री-अस्तित्व, स्मृति और समय के नैतिक द्वंद्वों को मार्मिक भाषा में रूपायित करता है। यह संग्रह अनेक भारतीय भाषाओं के साथ अंग्रेज़ी और रूसी में भी अनूदित होकर व्यापक पाठक-वृत्त तक पहुँचा है। उनकी रचनाधर्मिता को राज्य स्तरीय वागीश्वरी सम्मान (2020), सुमित्र कविता सम्मान (2024), और राष्ट्रीय स्पंदन सम्मान (2024) से गौरव मिला है। नई दुनिया, पहल, लमही, वागर्थ आदि में प्रकाशित उनकी कविताएँ विचार और करुणा की सहज संगति रचती हैं। विवेक चतुर्वेदी की कविता अपने समय के भीतर मनुष्य को खोजती है,जहाँ संवेदना, प्रतिरोध और सौंदर्य एक ही श्वास में साथ चलते हैं। वे शब्दों के ऐसे शिल्पी हैं जो कविता को मनुष्य की वापसी का मार्ग बनाते हैं।