Renowned writer and poet, honoured with Padmashri, Jagdish Chaturvedi passed away recently at his premises in Delhi. He hailed from Madhya Pradesh.
He was 82 years old and was suffering with long term sickness. His funeral was performed at Delhi on Tuesday.
Jagdish was one of the noted and renowned personalities among Hindi writers and poets of the country. He has done a lot for Hindi writing and its promotion. Various books written by Jagdish have already been published.
Jagdish was also honoured for his writings several times. He also visited worldwide to promote Hindi writings and poetry. Also he was awarded for his spontaneous works in Hindi across the world.
Born at Gwalior in 1933, Jagdish began his career as a teacher at Madhav College located at Ujjain. Then he served at Akashwani (AIR) for several years. After that there was no truning back for him and he was appointed as a language editor at Central Hindi Directorate. Also he was given Saraswat Honour at his Delhi premises by Madhya Pradesh Government in 2013.
He also worked to connect Hindi language with those non-Hindi speakers. Also his poems have been translated into various languages across the world. Moreover, Jagdish translated various poems of different languages into Hindi to make them readable. It is noteworthy that his daughter also a known poetess Anubhuti Chaturvedi was present at World Hindi Conference recently held at Bhopal.