Devnarayan Dwivedi (born 1886, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh; died 28 November 1989) was one of the leading novelists of Hindi. He also published a national paper named ‘Kashi Samachar’.
Devnarayan Dwivedi was born in 1886 in a village named Bhainsa of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. Kahani Samrat Premchand had written a six-page review of Devnarayan Dwivedi’s book ‘Karttavyaghat’ in 1926. At this time Premchand ji had said that – “Such a good novel in Hindi had never passed our notice till now.” ‘Gitanjali’ was also translated by Devnarayan ji. The book ‘Desh Ki Baat’ written by him was confiscated in 1923. Devnarayan Dwivedi ji also published a national paper named ‘Kashi Samachar’. Devnarayan Dwivedi died on November 28, 1989.
