Virendra Kumar Baranwal


Virendra Kumar Baranwal is an Indian poet and writer. He was awarded by Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award in 2004 for his work Jinna: Ek Punardrishti.

Personal life

Baranwal was born on 21 September 1941 to Dayaram Baranwal and his wife Gayatri Devi in the village of Phoolpur in Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh. His father was a Freedom fighter. He acquired B.A., M.A. degrees and LL.B. degree from Bhopal University.
Baranwal retired from the post of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in the Indian Revenue Service from 1969 to 2005, teaching English language and literature for a few years. Baranwal has a keen interest in Hindi, Urdu, English, Sanskrit and comparative literature as well as on literary literature, black and red Indian literature, and the discourse of Indian renaissance and freedom struggle.

Published work

Barnwal has published many works, but Jinna: Ek Punardrishti is his most well known.