Background
He was born in Nadner, on the banks of the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, to Pandit Narmada Prasad Dwivedi and Lakshmi Devi.
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Rewa Prasad Dwivedi
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He got a Doctor of Philosophy from Ravi Shankar University, Raipur, in 1965, and a Doctorate.Litt from Jabalpur University in 1974.
Career
There, he learnt Sanskrit language and literature in both the traditional and modern education systems: he obtained a Sahityacharya title and a Master of Arts degree in Sanskrit from Benares Hindu University. He is an emeritus professor of Sanskrit at the Banaras Hindu University, where he taught from 1977–1995, and was Dean, Faculty of Sanskrit, for three two-year terms between 1979 and 1989.
Achievements
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He has won numerous awards: Certificate of Honour from the President of India, 1978. Four awards for Svatantryasambhava: Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, 1991 Kalpavalli Award by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta, 1993 Vacaspati award by K.K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi, 1997 Sriveni award by R.J. Dalmiya Sriveni Trust, Delhi, 1999 Mahamahopadya P. V. Kane medal for poetics Nine awards by the governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Mitra Puraskara (twice) Bhojapuraskara Vyasapuraskara by Sanskrit Academy, Bhopal, for Complete works of Kalidasa.
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Awards
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Sahitya Akademi Award He has won numerous awards: Certificate of Honour from the President of India, 1978. Four awards for Svatantryasambhava: Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, 1991 Kalpavalli Award by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta, 1993 Vacaspati award by K.K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi, 1997 Sriveni award by R.J. Dalmiya Sriveni Trust, Delhi, 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award He has won numerous awards: Certificate of Honour from the President of India, 1978. Four awards for Svatantryasambhava: Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, 1991 Kalpavalli Award by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta, 1993 Vacaspati award by K.K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi, 1997 Sriveni award by R.J. Dalmiya Sriveni Trust, Delhi, 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.