About

Originally the name of well-known Hindi poet and critic Vinay Vishwas is Vinay Kumar Jain. Vinay Vishwas is his pen-name. Born on 18-03-1962 in Delhi, Late Mrs. Prem Vati Jain & Mr. Jagdish Chand Jain’s son Vinay completed his formal education from Delhi. He was awarded M.Phil. & Ph.D. degrees by University of  Delhi.

Although he enjoyed playing with words for school days but started to take the world of words seriously since 1982. As a student of Hans Raj College during his B. A. (Honours in Hindi) & Hindu College during M.A. (Hindi), he won many prizes in poetry competitions organized by different colleges and organizations. He edited one collection of poems & two of stories during his graduation and post-graduation. He also edited a fortnightly Hindi newspaper named Chhatra Manch for some time in college life. He is a qualifier of the first NET organized by UGC & availed JRF for his research.

His poems, articles and book-reviews have been published in national Hindi dailies like Navbharat Times, Hindustan, Rashtriya Sahara and Jansatta. His writings are published by magazines named India Today, Kadambini, Sarika, Samkaleen Bhartiya Sahitya, Gagananchal, Kathan, Anbhay Sancha, VyangyaYatra etc. He is one of the eight poets; whose collection of poetry named ‘Ashtakshar’ was edited by Dr. Dwarika Prasad Charumitra in 1991.

His poems, penned during 1984-2004, were published as his first book named ‘Patharon Ka Kya Hai’ by Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Delhi. This book was awarded by Sahityik Kriti Samman: 2004-05 of Hindi Academy, Delhi. One more collection of his poems written during 2005-2019 named Dhoop Tijori Mein Nahin Rahti published by Nayee Kitab Prakashan, New Delhi in 2019.  He was awarded by Rituraj Samman-2014 of Parampara, New Delhi.  Some of his poems translated into Punjabi & published in Punjabi monthly ‘Akas’. His poems were broadcasted by Akashvani & telecasted by Doordarshan from time to time. He also participated in several Kavi Sammelans of national repute like Ganntantra Diwas (Republic Day) Kavi Sammelan.

He is one of the rare poets, whose writings are admired in the field of readable as well as listenable poetry. He did the critical study of contemporary Hindi Poetry and penned a book named Aaj Ki Kavita, published by Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Delhi in 2009. His critical study of reknowned  Hindi poet Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh has also been published by Bhartiya Jnanpith, Delhi in 2018, named Aindrikata Aur Muktibodh.

He is working as Associate Professor of Hindi in College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi. Two scholars have been awarded Ph.D. and two have submitted their thesis for Ph.D. from University of Delhi under his supervision.

Now he is active in the fields of poetry and criticism.