Virendra Sarang

Virendra Sarang is a multi-faceted Hindi author and poet. He published his first anthology of poems, Kon Se Kate Huye in 1993. Since then, Sarang has authored another five collections, including Hawao! Laut Jao, Apne Paas Hona, Chalo Kavi Se Poochhte Hain and Katha Ka Prishth.

Sarang has also penned as many as five Hindi works of fiction so far, namely Aryagaatha, Haata-Rahim, Baanjh Sapooti, Jananayak Krishna and Algani Par Samay.

He has, over the years, won numerous awards and recognitions for his writing prowess, the Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi Samman, the Vijaydev Narayan Sahi Samman (UP Hindi Sansthan), Bhojpuri Shiromani and the Balkrishna Bhatt Samman, to name a few.